#Canada offered to help euthanize Christine Gauthier

#Canada offered to help euthanize Christine Gauthier

“Canada offered to help euthanize Christine Gauthier” She wanted a little help — not death. A paraplegic former Canadian military member is ripping her government, which offered to euthanize her after she complained about delays having a wheelchair lift installed in her home. Retired Army Corporal Christine Gauthier, who competed for Canada at the 2016 Rio…

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#Assisted suicide poses a grave threat to the elderly and disabled

#Assisted suicide poses a grave threat to the elderly and disabled

“#Assisted suicide poses a grave threat to the elderly and disabled” You can start with seemingly ironclad safeguards, such as “six months to live” or “hopeless and unbearable suffering” — but soon enough, legalizing physician-assisted suicide opens the door to killing children who are too young to consent, victims of sexual abuse and even those who are simply…

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#Spain adopts euthanasia law despite conservative opposition

#Spain adopts euthanasia law despite conservative opposition

“#Spain adopts euthanasia law despite conservative opposition” MADRID — Lawmakers voted Thursday to make Spain the sixth country in the world and the fourth in Europe, to allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients with incurable diseases and for people with unbearable permanent conditions. The Spanish parliament’s lower house voted 202-140 with two abstentions…

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#New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana

#New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana

“#New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana” WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use. With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders emphatically endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting in favor…

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#Treating experts like cranks and other commentary

#Treating experts like cranks and other commentary

“#Treating experts like cranks and other commentary” Pandemic journal: Treating Experts Like Cranks This month, three scientists published the Great Barrington Declaration, an anti-lockdown manifesto calling for a more humane response to the novel coronavirus that would isolate and protecREUTERS/Bing Guant the vulnerable while letting everyone else return to normalcy. Yet, The Spectator’s Toby Young sighs,…

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