Network News

  • Should Dehydration be Default for PVS?
  • 3/15/2012
  • (CBC) -Bioethics exploded into the headlines over the last few weeks after the Journal of Medical Ethics published an article promoting "after-birth abortion," that is, the right of parents to have infants killed if the child's presence in life did not serve their (or society's) interests.
  • Assisted Suicide Judicial Fiat Sought in New Mexico
  • 3/14/2012
  • (First Things) - If New Mexico wants to legalize assisted suicide, it is free to so do. But it hasn't, and so a lawsuit will be filed to impose it by judicial fiat, a tactical move that has failed previously in Connecticut, Florida, Alaska, and California, in front of the US Supreme Court, and muddied the waters in Montana. From the Albuquerque Journal story:
  • Fort Jackson Clinic Treats Traumatic Brain Injuries
  • 3/13/2012
  • (WLTX) - Fort Jackson cut the ribbon on a new clinic treating soldiers with a variety of Traumatic Brain Injuries in conjunction with Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month.
  • What You Lose When You Sign That Donor Card
  • 3/12/2012
  • (WJS) - The last time I renewed my driver's license, the clerk at the DMV asked if she should check me off as an organ donor. I said no. She looked at me and asked again. I said, "No. Just check the box that says, 'I am a heartless, selfish bastard.'"
  • Brain Injury Awareness Month 2012 - Six Important Factors for Brain Health
  • 3/11/2012
  • (Yahoo.com) - March 2012 is brain injury awareness month in North America. Jason Deierlein, traumatic brain injury and coma survivor, has created a place online for other TBI Survivors called "My Positive Perspective".
  • Joke Oregon Assisted Suicide Report Published
  • 3/09/2012
  • (First Things) - One of the great propaganda coups of the assisted suicide movement was making people believe that the Oregon annual reports about assisted suicide were meaningful or informative. For example:
  • Service Dogs Help Disabled
  • 3/08/2012
  • (News-Sentinel) - Inside a Butler funeral home, a golden retriever/Labrador mix named O'Shea greets mourners with a basket of mints hanging from her mouth. In Mt. Lebanon, a 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy drops his pencil while doing homework. Napping at his feet, Inga jumps to action.
  • 'Second Thoughts' Disability Rights Group Opposes Assisted Suicide in MA
  • 3/07/2012
  • (First Things) - Disability rights activists are indomitable opponents of legalizing assisted suicide and an essential constituency in the diverse and broad-based coalition that opposes the death agenda. Now, a new DR organization has been founded to fight against the pending Massachusetts initiative that could bring legalized assisted suicide to the Bay State.
  • Aggressive Brain Injury Care Improves Outcomes
  • 3/06/2012
  • (Newswise) - Aggressive treatment for severe traumatic brain injuries costs more than routine care, yet yields significantly better outcomes, improved quality of life, and lower long term care costs, according to a new study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Euthanasia Squads Offer Death by Delivery
  • 3/05/2012
  • (Independent) - A highly controversial mobile euthanasia programme launched in the Netherlands last week, sending six specialised roving medical teams door-to-door to help patients end their lives free of charge in their own homes. The project, which has provoked sharp criticism from doctors, is the brainchild of the Dutch largely donor-funded Right to Die NL.