This blogpost from Paul Russell addresses Australia’s most recent euthanasia-related controversy: http://blog.noeuthanasia.org.au/2014/07/at-last-we-wake-up-to-dr-death.html Russell states that tolerance of any suicide sends a very mixed message such that, “Suicide should be prevented, except, perhaps, you know, when you’re really ill or dying; or maybe when you’re very old; or maybe when disability makes your life really difficult. […]
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The Double Standard of Assisted Suicide
Posted in Devaluation of Lives with Disabilities, Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Two Sides of the Same Coin, Other Countries on July 8, 2014 | Comments Off
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