Maryland Assisted Suicide Bill Fails After Dramatic Tie Vote
A bill to legalize assisted suicide in Maryland went down to the narrowest of defeats in the state Senate this week. As Lisa Hudson covered earlier this week, the “End…
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Assisted Suicide Laws Pick Up Support in More States
It was bound to happen. Abortion supporters have made babies fair game for nearly half of a century — the original disposal of the unwanted, the burdensome, the parasite, the…
Whose Children? Challenges to Parental Rights Multiply
Earlier this month, New Jersey became the latest state to institute a policy threatening parental rights — adding to a growing nationwide hostility to the already fragile institution of the…
Are Food and Water No Longer “Basic Care”? A Disturbing New Trend in Medicine
Bobby Schindler, brother of the late Terri Schiavo who was starved to death by a hospital under court order in 2005, says there is a legal reality that should send shivers down…
Democrats and Republicans Join Forces to Condemn Assisted Suicide
In these times of sharp party division in Congress, any bipartisan agreement warrants particular attention. One such bipartisan resolution introduced this week is especially noteworthy since it deals with a…
California Lawsuit Seeks to Decimate Hippocratic Oath
The recent death of 77-year-old Judy Dale has sparked controversy regarding California’s recently passed statute legalizing assisted suicide. Dale, a cancer patient, passed away from her illness at home last…
POLL: 48 Percent of Americans Believe Abortion Is Morally Wrong
A Gallup poll released yesterday analyzing data from the past four years shows that nearly half of Americans, many of whom think abortion should be legal at least in some…
University of Chicago Professor: If Abortion Is Allowed, Why Not Infanticide?
Jerry Coyne, a professor in the department of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago, has taken the arguments for abortion, euthanasia, and assisted suicide to the next level…
Report: 111 Californians Ended Their Lives Since Assisted Suicide Legalized
During the first six months of California’s End of Life Option Act (EOLA), nearly 200 people received life-ending prescriptions, according to a new report released by the state’s Department of…
Christian Doctors in Canada May Be Forced to Help Patients Commit Suicide
Christian doctors in Canada are facing a serious challenge to their religious freedom — a challenge which could soon threaten doctors here in the US as well. The Christian Medical…
Insurance Companies: We’ll Cover Assisted Suicide, But Not Treatment (VIDEO)
Insurance companies claim that their customers’ health is of utmost priority, but in reality, these companies sometimes prioritize the cheapest option — even if that means assisted suicide. Twice in…
Study: “Existential Distress” Drives Patients to Assisted Suicide, Not Pain
On Wednesday, The New England Journal of Medicine released a study which calls into question the primary talking point used by supporters of assisted suicide — that people who ask…
Catholic Hospitals Join the Killing Fields of Europe
It seems impossible, but the board that controls 15 Catholic psychiatric hospitals owned by the Brothers of Charity in Belgium has just agreed to help kill patients because of “unbearable suffering.” “We…
Culture of Death Advances in Hawaii
While the pro-life cause has had many reasons to celebrate in recent months, two new controversial bills being considered by the Hawaii state legislature should serve as a warning for…
Would New Mexico’s Assisted Suicide Proposal Hurt Minorities?
Democrats in New Mexico are pushing legislation that would allow physicians to help their terminally-ill patients end their own lives. This past June, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled against…
House GOP Makes Right Move in Rejecting Assisted Suicide
Republicans in the House Oversight Committee voted yesterday to block D.C.’s rapidly advancing move towards legalizing assisted suicide in the District. Though the District of Columbia has the right to…
Voters Should Embrace Life and Reject Physician-Assisted Suicide
While Trump vs. Clinton is the contest on most Americans’ minds this election year, an even more important struggle has quietly emerged which could significantly impact our nation: that of…
Carson Clarifies Schiavo Comments: “I Am Steadfastly Opposed to Euthanasia”
A minor controversy erupted this past weekend when Ben Carson, whilst commenting on the tragic case of Terri Schiavo, seemed to dismiss it saying it was “much ado about nothing.” In…
Carson: Schiavo Case “Much Ado About Nothing”
Dr. Ben Carson was asked about Terri Schiavo, the disabled Florida woman in a coma whom then-Gov. Jeb Bush tried to protect. Terri died of dehydration after the courts sided with her…
The Forgotten Social Issue
In the aftermath of last week’s Faith and Freedom Coalition Summit, Jeb Bush received a great deal of coverage highlighting his defense of his social conservative views and record on abortion,…
