Assisted suicide is the next big issue where the beliefs of conservative Christians are in the process of being challenged by the new morality of the dominant American culture. According to Lifeway Research, 67% see physician assisted death for persons with terminal illnesses as ‘morally acceptable.’ Meanwhile, a large majority (62%) of evangelical Christians disagree. […]
LIFE And so it begins. California’s first ‘end of life’ assisted suicide clinic opened on Thursday (6/9/16) in Berkeley. Here’s the story from NBC-Bay Area: As California’s right-to-die law goes into effect Thursday, a Berkeley-based doctor will open one of the first practices in the state that specializes in end-of-life options. "I think it’s an […]
A judge in the Netherlands ordered a dementia patient to be killed over the objections of the medical staff caring for the woman. Here’s the story from Charisma News: A judge in the Netherlands has allowed an 80-year-old woman to be euthanized, …the woman was living in a dementia care home… Medical staff treating her […]
(Image via Wikipedia) According to a group of medical ethicists linked to Oxford University, parents should be allowed to have their newborn babies killed because they are “morally irrelevant” and it’s really no different than abortion. This teaching is found in an article published in the Journal of Medical Ethics entitled: “After-birth abortion: Why […]
Image via Wikipedia Doctors testifying before a National Committee said that they were ready to debate euthanasia. Recent polls indicate that a high percentage of Quebecers actually favor some form of euthanasia, including doctors. Quebec is already the only jurisdiction in Canada where patients can refuse vital medical treatment which in some cases does lead […]
