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The Suicide Senator

Dianne Feinstein has endorsed AB 651, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. Reading her letter is a case study in spin and ignorance—exactly what we see from Senator Feinstein in the cloning issue—as I describe fully in Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World. And now, she . . . . Continue Reading »

Andrea Clark: The Bigger Picture

This piece of wisdom was sent to me by Steven Drake, one of the movers and shakers in the disability rights movement. I agree with his point about the Andrea Clark “victory” wholeheartedly:“This [my previous post] is definitely a cause for celebration, but I think that is much too . . . . Continue Reading »

St Luke’s To Do the Right Thing

I have just heard from Jerri Ward: St. Luke’s has agreed to continue to provide Andrea Clark life sustaining treatment under the auspices of the new doctor. Here is her letter:“I want to let you know that St. Luke’s is doing the right thing in this case now. The physician team met . . . . Continue Reading »

Suicide Classes

See the truth of the euthanasia movement: Despite talk of “medical models,” this is the true face of much of the grass roots euthanasia movement. More how to commit suicide classes. Philip Nitschke, who will be a faculty member, supports suicide for troubled teens. And many a dead . . . . Continue Reading »

Games Being Played by St. Luke’s?

Andrea Clark’s sister was assured (she says) by St. Luke’s that Andrea would be maintained through Tuesday. But Jerri Ward, the attorney for the family, just e-mailed me: “I have not been able to get St. Luke’s to agree on the record that care will be continued after the . . . . Continue Reading »

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