Posted on Sunday 14th June 2015 at 4:28pm
Sydney psychologist Mary Ticinovic advances specious arguments against rational assisted dying choice.
In today’s Fairfax press, Sydney woman Mary Ticinovic advances a number of reasons as to why she believes that assisted dying is not merciful. The by-line identifies her as a “clinical psychologist”. But her arguments are not founded on the basic tenets of psychology. How so?
Read Mary’s opinion piece in The Age
All life is precious
Keywords:
Flapdoodle |
Faith |
Voluntary euthanasia (VE) |
Assisted dying (AD) |
Australia |
Christian |
Catholic |
Lobbying: Opponents |
Rhetoric: Hippocratic oath
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Posted on Sunday 14th June 2015 at 4:13pm
Conservative religious groups mistakenly report that a Council of Europe declaration 'bans euthanasia' across Europe — which it explicitly did not.
On the 25th January 2012, the Council of Europe passed declaration 1859 on advance care planning. Immediately, lobbyists opposed to assisted dying loudly proclaimed that the resolution banned euthanasia across Europe, when it did nothing of the sort. What actually happened?
Keywords:
Fudge |
Voluntary euthanasia (VE) |
Non-voluntary euthanasia (NVE) |
Euthanasia |
Europe |
Catholic Church |
Rita Marker |
Wesley Smith |
Yuri Koszarycz |
Paul Russell |
Alex Schadenberg |
Gregor Puppinck |
Religion |
Lobbying: Opponents
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Posted on Sunday 14th June 2015 at 4:06pm
Neil Francis announces the official launch of DyingForChoice.com
Neil Francis announces the official launch of DyingForChoice.com, the world's premier source of reliable, evidence-based information about assisted dying, and responsible law reform to permit it in restricted circumstances.
Keywords:
Physician-assisted dying (PAD) |
Voluntary euthanasia (VE) |
Assisted dying (AD) |
Legislative reform
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