Last Thursday, Delegate Shane Pendergrass filed physician assisted suicide legislation with no meaningful changes from last year’s bill. State Senator Ron Young cross-filed the legislation in the Senate. The bill, H.B.404 and S.B.418, has a new, less controversial name, “the End of Life Options Act”, but it is virtually the same bill. The General Assembly held several...
Read MoreWe’ve already noted the international consideration of — and hesitance toward — assisted suicide legalization. The latest proof of this global debate comes from India. According to a report from the Economic Times of India, proponents of assisted suicide are pressing the Indian justice system to rule in favor of legalizing the practice of “passive...
Read MoreMore and more states are considering assisted suicide, and Arizona now joins the list of states that have considered this measure recently, rejected it, and face it once again. The report from the Prescott Daily Courier has the details, and it outlines how this proposal has now actually been considered multiple times in Arizona. Still,...
Read MoreWe’re always thrilled to convey the fact that hospice and palliative care workers are critical to end-of-life care, and we can’t stress enough that they show true grace in the face of notable adversity. Once again, we have a prime example in the great state of Maryland. Take a look at the report from the...
Read MoreThere are few more advocates in the country who are more committed to fighting against assisted suicide than Marine Corps Veteran and cancer survivor J.J. Hanson, and J.J. had the opportunity to tell his story and comprehensively make his case in a compelling op-ed for the Newark Star-Ledger. The lede of his piece is straightforward:...
Read MoreWe continue to hear from doctors who raise concerns about legalizing assisted suicide, and these are doctors living and practicing in the states that have already legalized or are facing a full court press from “Compassion and Choices” the main group pushing for these laws around the country (formerly known as the “Hemlock Society” in...
Read MoreAs we see the state of California press forward with the ill-advised policy of legal assisted suicide, we also hear about more and more medical professionals who wish that the medical community would find better actions for improving end of life care. These doctors stress the same general theme: rather than accept defeat against the...
Read MoreOne of the common examples used to describe dangerous unintended consequences of legalizing physician assisted suicide is that of the Netherlands. We now have another troubling point to consider in that example. According to the English-language Netherlands news outlet NL Times, a group of doctors is expressing concern that they are heading toward mandatory compliance...
Read MoreAs some of you may know, the conversation on assisted suicide is not simply an American phenomenon; this debate is global. Canada is in the midst of the assisted suicide debate, and the federal government is asking for more time to consider implementation of an assisted suicide law. Even Canada, considered to have one of...
Read MoreAs we’ve stated before, hospice and palliative care workers are absolutely astounding care providers, who show true grace in the face of notable adversity. We endeavor to share stories of this grace and nobility on occasion, and this story of hospice volunteer work would be excellent to share no matter where it came from. As...
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