The Irish Medical Council has broken with Catholic moral tradition and a code of medical ethics dating back over 2400 years to Hippocrates in Ancient Greece by lifting its ban on doctors deliberately killing patients. David Quinn, the chief executive…
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David Seymour, the sole MP for the political party ACT, submitted a new "End of Life Choice" Member's Bill to Parliament on Wednesday. The submission was not a surprise as he had announced earlier this year, after the high profile High…
One of the most inspirational people I have ever met came in the form of a very fragile woman, Alison Davis. What a grace and wonderful moment to meet her and her devoted caregiver of more than twenty years,…
News that Labour MP, Iain Lees-Galloway will not resubmit the End of Life Choice Bill is warmly welcomed. The bill had been inherited by Lees-Galloway, as its earlier sponsor, Maryan Street, failed to be re-elected into Parliament in the recent…
Andrew Little, who is vying for the Labour leadership, has made it clear that he does not think the End of Life Choice Bill should be returned to the ballot. The controversial End of Life Choice Bill which was once…
Read More Potential Labour leaders show where they stand on euthanasia
Labour candidate, Maryan Street, who is a staunch euthanasia and assisted suicide advocate, has failed to make it back into Parliament after the general election on Saturday. Street, who has been an MP since 2005, had placed the End of…
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The edges of life are controversial. On one side there are the debates about contraception, abortion and in vitro fertilisation. At the end of life the debates are about euthanasia, organ transplantation, and its cousin, brain death. Trauma surgeon Peter…
"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions.” G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Something about ‘tolerance’ has always made me uncomfortable. I’ve long been aware that the loudest preachers of tolerance are the ones who are the most intolerant of…
by Michelle Kaufman Reposted from LifeSiteNews.com AUCKLAND, New Zealand, February 17, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A pro-euthanasia campaigner has called for New Zealand to follow Belgium’s lead by legalizing euthanasia for children.Lesley Martin, who was convicted for attempting to murder her mother,…
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Maryan Street's End of Life Choice Bill may have been withdrawn from the ballot, however, efforts to garner more support from the general public for legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand have not disappeared. Without the direct possibility…
