Suicide is not an option, ever

2010-10-21
MERCATORNET

Humans are notably inconsistent beings, which may account for the contradictory attitudes we currently see to the phenomenon of suicide. On the one hand, every effort is made to prevent people taking their own lives; there are safety barriers on bridges, crisis hotlines, suicide prevention programmes in schools. At the same time there are organised campaigns for assisted suicide and other forms of euthanasia to be sanctioned by law.

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Terminally-ill seniors 'afraid of a bad death'

2010-09-10
EDMONTON JOURNAL

As hearings open in Quebec into physician-assisted suicide, and amid calls for the same in Ontario, a survey shows an overwhelming majority of a leading lobby group for the elderly supports euthanasia for terminally ill or end-of-life patients. The online poll by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) shows 71 per cent of respondents agree that euthanasia should be allowed for such patients. That includes more than one-third who strongly support the idea. Susan Eng, a CARP spokeswoman, believes the results should not be interpreted strictly as a call to legalize euthanasia.

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Too many suffer in pain

2010-09-04
OTTAWA CITIZEN

We must ensure that access to pain management is considered a fundamental human right.

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Real life is too complex

2010-07-30
GUARDIAN.CO.UK

I doubt whether we can draft assisted suicide legislation that is safe for human beings, with their full variety of situations.

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When is euthanasia justified?

2010-03-12
THE GLOBE AND MAIL

For millennia, euthanasia (a word I use to include assisted suicide) has been considered morally and legally unjustifiable. People who oppose euthanasia still believe it's inherently wrong – it can't be morally justified and even compassionate motives don't make it ethically acceptable.

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Baby Isaiah dies in Edmonton hospital

2010-03-11
CBC

Isaiah May, the Alberta infant in intensive care since he suffered brain damage during his birth in October, died in his parents' arms at 12:11 p.m. local time Thursday just after he was taken off life support at Edmonton's Stollery Children's Hospital.

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Baby Isaiah stays on life support for now

2010-01-27
EDMONTON JOURNAL

A neonatologist from Victoria General Hospital has agreed to provide an independent assessment of baby Isaiah James May to help the court decide if the three-month-old should remain on life support.

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