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Thursday 06 December 2007 CTV NEWS: Robert Latimer case

2008

Friday Mar 28, 2008 Barbiturates used in woman's euthanasia
A severely disfigured French woman, found dead this month after a court rejected her request for euthanasia...A severely disfigured French woman, found dead this month after a court rejected her request for euthanasia, took a lethal overdose of barbiturates, a prosecutor said yesterday. Former schoolteacher Chantal Sebire, 52, asked for the right to die to alleviate the suffering caused by a rare and incurable tumour, which deformed her face, causing her to lose her eyesight and the senses of smell and taste. Her body was found at her home on March 19, two days after a high court decided current French law did not allow her doctor to prescribe her lethal drugs.

2007

Thursday 06 December 2007 CTV NEWS: “Parole Denied: No parole for Robert Latimer, 14 years after killing his disabled daughter”

Tuesday 11 September 2007 In India, a Quest to Ease the Pain of the Dying
TRIVANDRUM, India — It was a neighbor screaming in pain 35 years ago that set Dr. M. R. Rajagopal on the path to his nickname: India’s “father of palliative care.”

Monday 11 September 2006 TORONTO: CONFERENCE TO SEE FIRST 'SUICIDE' PILL
An international conference devoted to promoting people's right to die is being held in the Canadian city of Toronto. It's expected that an Australian physician, Dr. Philip Nitschke, will present a so-called suicide pill, designed to allow people to end their life easily and with little expense. The pill was developed secretly by scientists working for Exit, an Australian organization that promotes dying with dignity. Australia's laws prohibit the sale of suicide drugs, but no legal action has been taken against Exit. Canada also prohibits the promotion of suicide.

Saturday Jan 28, 2006 np No jail time for Montreal woman who assisted son's suicide
A woman who helped her ailing son commit suicide as he struggled with the early stages of multiple sclerosis was spared jail time Friday and sentenced to three years of probation.
Bloc Quebecois MP Francine Lalonde, who wants the Criminal Code amended to create exceptions to permit assisted suicide, wasn't surprised by the ruling.
"It seems to me that the court could not have done otherwise for Mrs. Houle considering the circumstances,'' Lalonde told Radio-Canada's all-news channel, RDI. "But there has to be rules.''

Lalonde tried to pass a private member's bill in the Commons last fall on the matter but it was defeated.

Mascia said federal legislation on assisted suicide is needed and Laramee noted that if Canada had such legislation, "we wouldn't be here.''

"Mrs. Houle would not have committed the crime that she's accused of,'' Laramee said.

2005

Thursday Oct 6, 2005 nyt Justices Explore U.S. Authority Over States on Assisted Suicide
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
The issues of ethics and personal autonomy that have animated the national debate remained outside the courtroom.

Wednesday Oct 5, 2005 nyt The Right to Die
The Supreme Court should make it clear that Oregon can allow doctor-assisted suicide.

Living wills
The right-to-die dispute over Terri Schiavo has spurred intense interest in living wills. But having a legal document that details the kind of care you want should you become incapacitated doesn't guarantee your wishes will be carried out. WSJ.com columnist Terri Cullen explains.

Friday Apr 1, 2005 ts
Republican leader warns judges: You will answer for this
WASHINGTON—The end of the Terri Schiavo passion play immediately reignited a bitter political debate in this country yesterday, one which will have repercussions from the White House to the U.S. Supreme Court and threatens the political fortunes of those on both sides of the issue.

3/31/2005 rci Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman whose feeding tube was removed 13 days ago, has died in the state of Florida. Her tube was removed after a judge agreed to a request by Mrs Schiavo's husband. She had been in a coma for 15 years after sufferring a heart attack and was said to be brain dead. All legal options by her parents in the past two weeks to have the tube re-inserted, failed. The case of the 41-year-old Schiavo generated intense debate over people's right to die.

Wednesday Mar 30, 2005 ts Why I Don't Care About Terry Schiavo
In ghoulish anticipation, the whole world wakes up each morning and asks, "Is she dead yet?" I think it's disgusting.
I'm not a heartless person, but I don't care about Terri Schiavo. I don't care about Scott Peterson, either. I regard Michael Jackson as a freak of plastic surgery, but then, I regard Arnold Schwartzenegger that way, too, and he's the governor of California. I didn't care about OJ - he did it, he got away with it, his kids will pay the price. Going back some, I didn't care about Pam Smart, either. (But I loved the way Nicole Kidman played her in the film). Have I left anyone out? thanks DM

Monday Mar 28, 2005 There were no updates Sunday on the condition of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman whose case has caused a political storm in the United States. She has been without food and water since a feeding tube was removed by a court order on March 18th. Her parents and siblings have stopped giving media briefings, and a spokesman for Ms. Schiavo's husband has not commented since Saturday. The two sides have battled for years over whether the 41-year-old wants to live or die.

Saturday Mar 26, 2005 rci The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected an appeal by the family of a women who has been braindead for 15 years to have a feeding tube reinserted into her throat. A court in the state of Florida reiterated its decision to the same effect. Terri Schiavo's physicians say they expect her to die within one or two weeks without the tube. Mrs. Schiavo suffered irreparable brain damage as a result of a cardiac arrest.

Morgentaler honoured by university
LONDON, Ont.—A decision to award Dr. Henry Morgentaler with an honorary degree has caused an uproar for the University of Western Ontario. A member of Parliament, the university`s three religious colleges and a professor are protesting the honour that will be bestowed upon Canada`s pioneer abortionist doctor.
Yesterday, Joanne McGarry, a Western graduate and executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League, said her organization is asking disgruntled alumni to register their displeasure by stopping their donations to the university.

Saturday Mar 26, 2005 ts The key question: When is nutrition really medicine? No unanimity among scholars of many faiths The Terri Schiavo case has sharply divided bioethicists from both secular and religious traditions over what they say is the key ethical dilemma: Should artificial nutrition be considered food or medicine?

Wed-Night Mar 23, 2005 Although the discussion over the fate of Terri Schiavo appears well defined on both sides

Thursday Mar 24, 2005 ts Florida fights for custody of Schiavo
CLEARWATER, Fla.—Despite two setbacks in the same federal appeals court yesterday, the parents of Terri Schiavo clung to hope last night after Governor Jeb Bush suggested Florida`s Adult Protective Services would attempt to take custody of the severely brain-damaged woman.

Thursday Mar 24, 2005 ec America's euthanasia debate
An American federal judge and then an appeals court ruled that a vital feeding-tube could not be reinserted into Terri Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged woman. The federal judiciary's involvement came after an extraordinary intervention by Congress, which passed a bill (speedily signed by George Bush) allowing Mrs Schiavo's parents to ask for a fresh ruling after Florida's state courts decided the tube should be removed. Mrs Schiavo's husband argues that his wife would prefer to die. The sad case of Terri Schiavo A ghastly dilemma which Congress and George Bush have only made worse

Wed-Night Mar 23, 2005 Although the discussion over the fate of Terri Schiavo appears well defined on both sides of the issue, it is in reality, far from clear.

Monday Mar 21, 2005 rci A court in Tampa, FL, has begun deliberations on whether the feeding tube of 41-year-old braindead Terri Schiavo should be restored. The tube was removed three days ago at the behest of her former husband. But her family pleaded in court that it should be reinserted in respect for her Roman Catholic religious beliefs. Mrs. Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart briefly stopped beating. The U.S. House of Representative on Monday passed a bill giving her family permission to take their case to a federal judge to prolong her life by reinserting the tube.

Monday Mar 21, 2005 np
Bush signs bill in right-to-die case
While Terri Schiavo lay dying in her hospice bed early Monday, the U.S. Congress and U.S. President George W. Bush boosted the hopes of the brain-damaged woman's parents that her feeding tube would be reinserted.

Friday Jan 28, 2005 ts
Right to die advocate ends life
OTTAWA—A frail, 78-year-old man took his own life last night with the hope his death would spark public debate and help to make assisted suicide legal. Assisted Suicide Wed1229 page2
The federal government is reported to be leaning towards the legalization of assisted suicide in some instances. At first sight it appears odd, that the impetus for this step, whether or not it is deemed a step forward, may have come from films such as Oscar Winners Million Dollar Baby and The Barbarian Invasions. However, throughout history, whether it be from nursery rhymes, fairy tales, plays, novels or Gillbert and Sullivan, the arts have been a powerful engine for social change.

Friday Jan 28, 2005 ts
`Thou shalt not kill:` Pope decries euthanasia of elderly
VATICAN CITY—Pope John Paul II condemned euthanasia yesterday, stressing that the elderly should be considered a valuable resource and not a burden to society, as the Vatican sought to mobilize public opinion against what is known as mercy killing. [so what?]

Thursday Dec 2, 2004 Dutch hospital admits to euthanasia of ill babies
AMSTERDAM—A hospital in the Netherlands — the first country to permit euthanasia — recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures, which include administering a lethal dose of sedatives.

Monday May 13, 2002 cbc
BRITISH WOMAN WHO FOUGHT FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE DIES Diane Pretty, a British woman who lost a battle to end her life with her husband's help, has died, her family said Sunday. see also BBC Right-to-die Should assisted suicide be made legal?

Monday Apr 29, 2002 economist
EUROPEAN COURT RULES AGAINST ASSISTED SUICIDE Europe's highest human rights court said Monday that a British woman does not have the right to commit suicide with the help of her husband.

Monday Apr 29, 2002 bbc British woman denied right to die A terminally ill British woman has accused the courts of taking away her rights after losing her final legal bid for the right to die. ...A terminally ill British woman has lost her final legal bid to be allowed to die.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday that the refusal of the British courts to allow Diane Pretty's husband to help her to die did not contravene her human rights.
The ruling marks the end of the legal road for 43-year-old Mrs Pretty, who is in the advanced stages of motor neurone disease.

PORTLAND, Oregon Sunday Apr 21, 2002 cnn Judge upholds assisted-suicide law
A federal judge upheld Oregon's law allowing physician-assisted suicide, ruling that the Justice Department does not have the authority to overturn it
"Many of our citizens, including the highest respected leaders of this country, oppose assisted suicide," Judge Robert E. Jones wrote. "But the fact that opposition to assisted suicide may be fully justified, morally, ethically, religiously or otherwise, does not permit a federal statute to be manipulated from its true meaning to satisfy even a worthy goal."

Monday Feb 4, 2002 bbc Major support for mercy killing "Britain has the most repressive assisted dying laws in Europe, and the government has failed to address the many problems this creates"
More than 80% of people thought it was acceptable for a doctor to assist a patient to die (physician assisted suicide, or PAS) and 54% felt a family member should be allowed to do so (family assisted suicide).
This compares with 75% in favour of PAS in the US and 73% in Australia, according to the report published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. -
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