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Gruesome: Lawmaker Says Killing People With Assisted Suicide Slashes Health-Care Costs

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In what may be one of the more gruesome financial arguments ever, a lawmaker in Scotland has argued that people who die through assisted suicide won’t have many end-of-life care costs, and the savings will cover the expenses of those suicide drugs.

It is the Christian Institute that reported on the arguments from Liam McArthur, a lawmaker in Scotland who designed that nation’s assisted suicide scheme.

McArthur told the Finance and Public Administration Committee of the government’s legislature in Holyrood of the “potential savings” from a lower level of palliative care would mean his bill to expand assisted suicides would be “cost-neutral.”

“Members of the committee questioned McArthur about the costings in his Financial Memorandum, published to accompany his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill,” the institute reported.

His argument in his memorandum document states, “Community Pharmacy Scotland estimated that, as an example, one substance that may be used in such circumstances would cost an estimated £80 ($100) for each dose provided to a terminally ill adult to end their own life.” (Read more from “Gruesome: Lawmaker Says Killing People With Assisted Suicide Slashes Health-Care Costs” HERE)

Reports Show Nefarious Reality Behind Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program

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In Canada, doctors can treat their patients with an unusual medicine: death.

While the nation claims its doctors meet “certain safeguards” before killing their patients under the label “euthanasia,” new documents show more than 428 possible criminal cases in the province of Ontario alone, according to The New Atlantis. This includes repeat and “blatant” offenders.

Canada’s criminal code regulates the “medical assistance in dying” program, or “MAID.” Still, many of its doctors have been killing patients whose deaths could have been avoidable, as they were suffering from being poor, disabled, or lonely, according to The Associated Press.

Chief Coroner Dirk Huyer oversees physician-assisted suicide in Ontario. He claimed in 2018 that “Ontario has the strongest oversight of any province or territory in Canada” and “every case is reported.” But as noted in The Conversation, Huyer’s office last month released reports showing doctors killed patients with “mental illness and addictions, unclear mental diagnoses and suffering fuelled by housing insecurity, poverty and social marginalization.”

The New Atlantis published presentations and reports from Huyer, showing that for many possible violations of the law regulating assisted suicide, he recommended nothing more than having an “informal conversation” or sending an “educational” or “notice” email. (Read more from “Reports Show Nefarious Reality Behind Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program” HERE)

Parents in the Netherlands Can Now Agree to Euthanize Their Terminally Ill Children Under 12 to End ‘Unbearable Suffering’

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The Dutch government has announced it will expand current euthanasia laws to allow medical assistance in dying for young children between the ages of one and 12 years old.

According to the press release from the government, this will end the “hopeless and unbearable suffering” of up to 10 children each year who are terminally ill.

Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers, a doctor before becoming a politician, said, “This is a particularly complex subject that deals with very harrowing situations. I am pleased that, after intensive consultation with all parties involved, we have come to a solution with which we can help these terminally ill children, their parents, and also their practitioners.”

The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia, with the practice being decriminalized in 2002.

Since the introduction of euthanasia laws, children as young as 12 have been permitted to be euthanized. (Read more from “Parents in the Netherlands Can Now Agree to Euthanize Their Terminally Ill Children Under 12 to End ‘Unbearable Suffering'” HERE)

Family Sues Hospital for Refusing to Kill Girl

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The family of a woman who was denied assisted death at a Catholic hospital in Canada is now suing the hospital for refusing to kill their daughter.

According to CTV News, 34-year-old Sam O’Neill sought Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in 2023 after a cervical cancer diagnosis left her in excruciating pain. O’Neill received palliative care at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, but was told that the hospital would not offer MAiD because it was a Catholic-run facility; the Catholic Church opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide. O’Neill was later transferred to a Vancouver hospice facility, where she received a MAiD death, though at that point she was sedated and did not wake to say goodbye to her family.

The lawsuit claims that because the Catholic hospital abided by its beliefs in the dignity of human life, it denied O’Neill a “dignified death.”

“Although Ms. O’Neill was ultimately provided with access to MAID, the circumstances surrounding the forced transfer and Ms. O’Neill’s access to MAID caused and exacerbated Ms. O’Neill’s egregious physical and psychological suffering, and denied her a dignified death, including the ability to say goodbye to her family and loved ones,” the lawsuit reads.

O’Neill’s parents, Jim and Gaye O’Neill, say the lawsuit is meant to challenge religious exemption laws and to stop the forced transfer of patients from facilities that refuse to commit euthanasia. (Read more from “Family Sues Hospital for Refusing to Kill Girl” HERE)

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Former Dutch PM, Wife Die Together in Dual Euthanasia Procedure

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Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife committed legally assisted suicide by simultaneous euthanasia this week, the non-profit organisation founded by the ex-Dutch leader has revealed.

Public broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) reported on Friday that former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt (93), who led the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982, and his wife Eugenie van Agt (93) opted on Monday to take their lives in a joint act of euthanasia, which is legally permitted under medical supervision in the Western European nation.

Gerard Jonkman, the director of The Rights Forum non-profit founded by Van Agt in 2009, said that the former prime minister had discussed the option of assisted suicide after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 2019, saying that he said it was an “option if life and suffering became unbearable.”

Since then, Van Agt’s health, as well as his wife’s, steadily declined, according to Jonkman, who said: “His health became more and more fragile, and he wanted to focus his attention on his wife, children and grandchildren.” He said that their decision to commit assisted suicide hand in hand came from a feeling that they “couldn’t live without each other”.

The couple, who were married for seven decades, were buried together on Thursday. The Dutch public broadcaster noted that assisted suicide was a curious decision by Van Agt, given that he was a lifelong Roman Catholic — a faith which preaches against suicide — and a former member of the socially conservative Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). (Read more from “Former Dutch PM, Wife Die Together in Dual Euthanasia Procedure” HERE)

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Hospital Suggests Assisted Suicide to Woman in Mental Crisis

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A woman suffering a mental health crisis, fearing for her own safety because of suicidal inclinations, has been counseled to consider a government “Medical Assistance in Dying” program, according to a report from the Christian Institute in the United Kingdom.

“That day my goal was to keep myself safe. I was thinking of maybe trying to get myself admitted to hospital because I was in crisis,” Kathrin Mentler recalled about her visit to Vancouver General Hospital, in search of psychiatric help, in the report.

“I live with chronic suicidal thoughts but that doesn’t mean I never feel joy in my life,” she explained.

But she was told by a “clinician” no beds were available and she should expect a long wait to see someone as an outpatient.

Then she was asked, “Have you considered MAiD,” by the clinician, who spoke of her “relief” when another patient struggling with mental issues died.

“That made me feel like my life was worthless or a problem that could be solved if I chose MAiD,” Mentler explained in the report. (Read more from “Hospital Suggests Assisted Suicide to Woman in Mental Crisis” HERE)

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Plan Would Let Kids Seek Euthanasia… Without Telling Parents!

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Assisted suicide and euthanasia have become rapidly accepted in Canada under the government’s Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) program, but there are still efforts to expand it even further. A new government report on MAiD was recently presented to Parliament, urging the inclusion of minors in the eligibility for physician-assisted death — without parental consent.

The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying presented its latest report last week, which included a recommendation that minors be able to request MAiD.

“For MAID and mature minors, the committee heard a mix of views about whether MAID should be available to those under the age of 18,” the report read. “Many witnesses believed that age alone does not determine whether someone is capable of consenting to MAID. At the same time, a cautious approach was recommended, especially since there is little evidence from youth themselves on this topic. Most witnesses agreed that if MAID for mature minors were allowed, it should only be under track one (reasonably foreseeable natural death). The committee recommends that mature minors should have access to MAID under track one. The committee also recommends that youth be consulted on the topic of MAID and mature minors.”

The committee then made the recommendation that Canada should begin, within five years, funding research and consulting “with minors on the topic of MAID, including minors with terminal illnesses, minors with disabilities, minors in the child welfare system and Indigenous minors.” (Read more from “Plan Would Let Kids Seek Euthanasia… Without Telling Parents!” HERE)

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Disturbed Doctor Who Euthanized 400 People Brags She Helped Kill Man Deemed Unfit for Assisted Suicide

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A doctor who has reportedly euthanized more than 400 people proudly claims she helped end the life of a man originally considered unfit for assisted suicide.

Ellen Wiebe, who works with Dying With Dignity Canada, reportedly bragged at a seminar for physicians involved in assisted suicide about how she treated a patient who was ineligible for the macabre service. The unnamed man had previously been rejected by a Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) assessor because he did not have a serious illness or “the capacity to make informed decisions about his own personal health” However, the man eventually found Wiebe, who reportedly cleared him and euthanized him in Vancouver.

“It’s the most rewarding work we’ve ever done,” Wiebe said during a 2020 MAID event in a video that has since made waves online, The New Atlantic reported. Meanwhile, Stefanie Green, an obstetrician and colleague of Wiebe, also admitted that she’d helped 300 people die in the controversial program. She reportedly used the term “deliveries” to describe both helping women give birth and helping people end their lives.

According to records, only 486 people died from California’s assisted suicide program in 2021, but 10,064 died from MAID. The program has reportedly become so popular that there are both anti-suicide and pro-suicide hotlines in Canada for people who want to kill themselves. MAID has come under further scrutiny for claims that people are now seeking assisted suicide because of poverty and homelessness or mental anguish – rather than terminally ill people seeking a painless death. Such cases were reportedly highlighted in a 2021 presentation by Althea Gibb-Carsley, a recently retired care coordinator and social worker for Vancouver Coastal Health’s assisted suicide program, MAID. She described a 55-year-old patient named Mary who suffered from chronic pain and was unable to relieve the pain because of her low income. “She does not want to die, but she’s suffering terribly and she’s been maxing out her credit cards. She has no other options,” the presentation said.

Gibb-Carsley also cited a similar situation with 68-year-old Nancy, a former doctor who ran out of savings, and with 57-year-old Greg, a writer who suffers from trauma and lacks funds for housing. Another case highlighted was that of a 38-year-old trans woman named Lucy who suffered from chronic pain and felt trapped in her studio apartment where there was “no air or light and creepy men all around.” It is unclear, however, whether any of the above cases were ever approved for assisted suicide. (Read more from “Disturbed Doctor Who Euthanized 400 People Brags She Helped Kill Man Deemed Unfit for Assisted Suicide” HERE)

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Doctors Sue Over Having To Offer Suicide as an Option in New Mexico

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. . .Now, a group of medical professionals is pushing back against the culture of death. Last week, the docs sued the state of New Mexico – which last year passed the nation’s most forceful doctor-assisted suicide law – to prevent them from being required to steer a sick patient to an early demise.

“The government can’t force health-care professionals to violate their medical ethics or their religious convictions,” Mark Lippelmann, a lawyer with the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom group told me. “It’s unconstitutional and it’s wrong,”

Today, 10 states and the District of Columbia have legalized physician-assisted suicide. In the U.S., the laws generally require terminally ill adults of sound mind to take lethal drugs prescribed by doctors. New York hasn’t enacted a suicide statute – yet. But pro-death activists are pushing for it. In parts of Europe, conditions such as depression qualify people to receive fatal medicine, a frightening prospect.

Healers who object to hastening death on religious or moral grounds usually can opt out of the ghoulish practice. But New Mexico law essentially pushes death. The Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act requires physicians in the state who object to participating in suicide to inform patients that it is available. . .

Meanwhile, healers who refuse to get with the program because of their religious beliefs or professional ethics may face hefty fines and risk losing their medical licenses. (Read more from “Doctors Sue Over Having To Offer Suicide as an Option in New Mexico” HERE)

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Court: State Cannot Compel Christian Doctors to Participate in Assisted Suicide

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Christian doctors and conscientious objectors in California secured yet another victory for religious freedom when a district court ruled that the state cannot compel medical professionals to participate in assisted suicide against their moral and religious beliefs.

On Tuesday, the district court in the Central District of California ruled that the state law legalizing physician-assisted suicide unlawfully compelled Christian doctors to participate in the assisted suicide process. As written, California Senate Bill 380, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October 2021, forces Christian doctors to “document the date of the individual’s request [for euthanasia] and the provider’s notice of their objection, and transfer their relevant medical record upon request.” The court determined that filling out the required documentation constituted “a violation of a constitutional right” which forces “non-participating providers” to participate in the process despite their religious objections.

Alliance Defending Freedom — which describes itself as “the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, parental rights, and God’s design for marriage and family” and which provided legal counsel for the plaintiffs — is proud of this legal victory.

“Our clients seek to live out their faith in their medical practice, and that includes valuing every human life entrusted to their care. Participating in physician-assisted suicide very clearly would violate their consciences,” said Kevin Theriot, senior counsel for ADF who argued on behalf of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations and one Christian doctor who objected to the law. (Read more from “Court: State Cannot Compel Christian Doctors to Participate in Assisted Suicide” HERE)

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