End-of-Life Issues - news
LIFE DIGEST: Assisted suicide dies in Calif. legislature; Pelosi comments irk pro-lifers
Physician-assisted suicide is dead for now in the California legislature.
Sponsors of a bill to legalize assisted suicide set aside the measure June 7 in the California Assembly as the deadline neared for legislative action this year, the Sacramento Bee reported. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jun 18, 2007 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Oklahoma bill barring state funds for abortions becomes law
Oklahoma pro-life advocates finally achieved enactment of an abortion-restricting measure, even though the governor refused to sign it into law. more »
by: Tom Strode - May 30, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Children, Elderly, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide, Citizenship, Legislation, National
LIFE DIGEST: Cardinal, speaker tangle over California assisted suicide bill
Two high-profile Roman Catholics in California are clashing over legislation that a bioethics specialist says would bar nursing homes from preventing physician-assisted suicides from occurring on their premises. more »
by: Tom Strode - Apr 9, 2007 - topic(s): Life, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation
LIFE DIGEST: German infanticide on the rise
An outbreak of infanticide this year has prompted German cities to urge mothers in crisis to leave their unwanted babies in hatches at hospitals in order to save the children’s lives. more »
by: Tom Strode - Apr 2, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Children, Life, Cloning, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
LIFE DIGEST: Vermont House rejects attempt to legalize assisted suicide
The Vermont House of Representatives has turned back an attempt to make the New England state the second in the country to legalize physician-assisted suicide. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 27, 2007 - topic(s): Life, End-of-Life Issues, Suicide, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Science
LIFE DIGEST: Swiss court OKs assisted suicide; Hope proves doctors wrong
Mental illness, not terminal illness, may now be grounds for physician-assisted suicide in Switzerland.
A Feb. 2 decision from the highest Swiss court opened the door for doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to people with serious mental illnesses, according to the Associated Press. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 5, 2007 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, End-of-Life Issues, Science
LIFE DIGEST: Health officials redefine assisted suicide; doctor commits euthanasia in Italy
When is physician-assisted suicide not really suicide? Apparently when medical professionals say it isn’t.
The American Public Health Association has joined the Oregon Department of Human Services in redefining the act of a terminally ill person taking drugs to kill himself. more »
by: Tom Strode - Jan 2, 2007 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Human Rights
LIFE DIGEST: Tiller’s clinic unveiled by woman; Dr. Death granted parole
Kelly Dickerson has pulled the curtain back a little further on George Tiller’s late-term abortion business.
Appearing on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” Dec. more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 18, 2006 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues
LIFE DIGEST: War against baby girls going global, expert tells United Nations
The war against baby girls is not limited to certain localities but has developed into a global event, a specialist in demographics said recently at the United Nations. more »
by: Tom Strode - Dec 11, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Human Rights
LIFE DIGEST: British council rejects ‘active euthanasia’ for newborns
A British bioethics council rejected a suggestion for “active euthanasia” of severely disabled infants but recommended babies born before 22 weeks into pregnancy not be treated. more »
by: Tom Strode - Nov 20, 2006 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Citizenship, Legislation