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November 15, 2004
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Noxious Nitschke

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November 15, 2004
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The international euthanasia movement’s first principle is radical individualism. The idea is that we each own our own body and hence should be able to do what we choose with our physical self—including destroy it. Not only that, but if we want to die, liberty dictates that we should have ready access to a “good death,” a demise that is Read More ›

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September 12, 2004
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Now They Want to Euthanize Children

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September 12, 2004
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First, Dutch euthanasia advocates said that patient killing will be limited to the competent, terminally ill who ask for it. Then, when doctors began euthanizing patients who clearly were not terminally ill, sweat not, they soothed: medicalized killing will be limited to competent people with incurable illnesses or disabilities. Then, when doctors began killing patients who were depressed but not Read More ›

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March 10, 2004
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Suing for the Right to Live

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March 10, 2004
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A little noticed litigation in the United Kingdom could be a harbinger of medical woes to come here in the United States. Leslie Burke, age 44, is suing for the right to stay alive. Yes, you read right: Burke, who has a terminal neurological disease, is deathly afraid that doctors will refuse to provide him wanted food and water when Read More ›

close up of saline on hand of sick girl lying on bed at hospital. Selective focus at finger.

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November 13, 2003
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A “Painless” Death?

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November 13, 2003
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MANY WHO SUPPORT Terri Schiavo’s threatened dehydration assert that removing a feeding tube from a profoundly cognitively disabled person results in a painless and gentle ending. But is this really true? After all, it would be agonizing if you or I were locked in a room for two weeks and deprived of all food and water. So, why should we Read More ›

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October 27, 2003
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The Consequences of Casual Conversations

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October 27, 2003
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One evening, during the second term of President Ronald Reagan, Terri Schiavo and her husband Michael decided to watch a television movie about Karen Ann Quinlan. Quinlan, as most readers know, had a tragic life. After overdosing on a combination of drugs and alcohol, she fell into unconsciousness and never awakened. Her parents won a lawsuit in the New Jersey Read More ›

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January 14, 2003
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Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You

_{Charles Colson
January 14, 2003
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This article, published by BreakPoint, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith: According to Wesley Smith of the Discovery Institute, futile-care theory is one of the most dangerous topics [under discussion] in contemporary bioethics. The rest of the article can be found here.