After Winning Right to Die, Australian Man May Choose Life
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
After winning the right to end his life, an Australian quadriplegic says he could still be dissuaded from killing himself.
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U.S. House Poised to Vote on Health Care
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
After turning down 31 common-sense amendments to the proposed government-run health care plan, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill that includes radical new measures including mandated national ID cards, government restricted access to disabled citizens and mandatory end-of-life counseling sessions for seniors.
Is Fear of Suffering Ushering In a "Euthanasia Culture"?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Speaking at a recent International Euthanasia Symposium in Virginia, a prominent bioethicist blamed society’s obsessive fear of suffering for ushering in a “euthanasia culture.”
Suicide Group Wants to Euthanize Healthy Wife alongside Ailing Husband
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a perfect example of the reality of the “slippery slope,” the Swiss euthanasia group, Dignitas, is seeking permission from the courts to euthanize a perfectly healthy woman who wants to die at the same time as her terminally ill husband.
Italian Government Fights to Save Life of Eluana Englaro
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Italian government is racing against the clock to issue emergency legislation that will stop the killing of a 38 year old handicapped woman who is currently being deprived of food and water in a Italian clinic.
Pope Calls Euthanasia a “False Solution”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI addressed the faithful before praying the Angelus yesterday on the meaning of suffering, saying we must not resort to practices such as euthanasia, but to bearing witness to Christ’s love which helps us face pain and agony in a human way.
Lawyers To Challenge Law Stripping Catholic Grand Duke of Power
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A network of Christian lawyers has vowed to launch a vigorous defense of Luxembourgh’s Grand Duke Henri who will be stripped of his veto power because he refuses to support a law legalizing euthanasia.
Montana To Allow Assisted Suicide
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As a result of a judge’s ruling, Montana has become the third state to legalize physician-assisted suicide by allowing physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients without threat of criminal prosecution. The man who brought the case died naturally on the same day the decision was handed down.
Monarch Stripped of Power For Refusing to Sign Euthanasia Bill
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The ranking monarch in Luxembourg, Grand Duke Henri, is to be stripped of his executive power to veto laws because he is refusing to sign a controversial euthanasia bill into law for ethical reasons.
Italian Nuns Refuse to Carry Out Court-Ordered Euthanasia
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Last week the highest court of appeals in Italy ruled that the family of a woman who was left in a diminished state of consciousness after a car accident in 1992 can remove her food and hydration tube, thus ending her life. However, the nuns who run the hospice where the woman lives have refused to carry out the order.
