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  • 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.
  • Ave Maria to Host National Mass for Seventh Anniversary of Terri Schiavo's Death
  • 3/05/2012
  • ST. PETERSBURG, March 5, 2012 / -- The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network is delighted to announce that Ave Maria University will once again host "The National Mass for Terri's Day" at the Ave Maria Oratory at Ave Maria University, located near Naples, Florida.
  • Latest Infanticide Push About More Than Killing Babies
  • 3/02/2012
  • (Daily Caller) - The ancient Romans used to expose unwanted babies on hillsides. Thankfully, we have come a long way since those bad old days. We would never countenance letting a baby die of exposure or get eaten by animals. No, today's infanticide promoters insist that babies be killed painlessly. After all, we aren't barbarians! Infanticide? Today? Alas, yes.
  • Parkinson's Drug Shows Potential in Brain Injury
  • 3/01/2012
  • (New York Times) - Daily doses of a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease significantly improved function in severely brain-injured people thought to be beyond the reach of treatment, scientists reported on Wednesday, providing the first rigorous evidence to date that any therapy reliably helps such patients.
  • Pushing People to Refuse Life-Extending Treatment
  • 2/29/2012
  • (Secondhand Smoke) - Perhaps it is me, but since the passage of Obamacare and its radical push for cost-containment, I have noticed a big spike in the number of articles trying to convince people to let go when they become seriously ill rather than fight to stay alive. The latest example is in the Wall Street Journal. From "Why Doctors Die Differently":
  • Netherlands Hospital Already Began Euthanasia of Newborns
  • 2/28/2012
  • (Christian Post) - A hospital in Netherlands, the first nation to permit euthanasia, revealed it has already begun killing terminally ill newborns by administering a lethal dose of sedatives after proposing guidelines on the procedure, reported the Associated Press, an announcement that has spurred an ethical outrage.