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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; Euthanasia</title>
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		<title>Death on wheels</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/09/death-on-wheels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Paul Russell A Dutch MP thinks mobile euthanasia units are worth considering. Straight from the “just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse” files come reports that the Dutch Health Minister admitted in their parliament recently that her department is “considering” setting up mobile euthanasia death squads. Minister Edith Schippers (pictured) is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blithely down the slippery slope</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/25/blithely-down-the-slippery-slope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/25/blithely-down-the-slippery-slope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assisted Suicide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Barbara Kay The Royal Society of Canada recommends legalising euthanasia An anti-euthanasia protest in France in January. Photo: REUTERS/Jacky Naegele The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has recommended that the Criminal Code of Canada be amended so that people in poor health would have the right to physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. The six-person panel, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At long last, Dutch doctors draw a line in the sand</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/25/at-long-last-dutch-doctors-draw-a-line-in-the-sand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/25/at-long-last-dutch-doctors-draw-a-line-in-the-sand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disturbing on so many levels&#8230;. by Michael Cook Euthanasia is OK, but circumcising male babies is a bridge too far. There seems to be no end to the creative energy of the right-to-die movement in the Netherlands. The latest innovation is a proposal for a euthanasia flying squad. The lobby group Right To Die wants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why safe euthanasia is a myth</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/23/why-safe-euthanasia-is-a-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/23/why-safe-euthanasia-is-a-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Brian Pollard All attempts to legalise voluntary euthanasia protect doctors from prosecution and endanger the lives of their patients. The criminal law in Australia holds that the intentional taking of human life is a major criminal offence. This accords with the United Nations&#8217; Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Australia is a signatory, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Culture of Choice is no such thing</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/27/the-culture-of-choice-is-no-such-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/27/the-culture-of-choice-is-no-such-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been habituated to think that the most pressing issues of life and death are really just issues of choice.  &#8220;Abortion is a woman&#8217;s choice.&#8221;  A choice to do what? is the question never quite answered.  People should have the &#8220;right to choose&#8221; to use contraception, even if they are young and unmarried, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too much information?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/08/23/too-much-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Margaret Somerville The PR department of a hospital thought so, but patients are entitled to consider all sides of an issue such as euthanasia. The ethics of communication – whether over-communication or under-communication &#8211; have been in the news over the last few months. WikiLeaks , the Murdoch press affair in Britain, and in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-post-modernism advances in Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/06/07/post-post-modernism-advances-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/06/07/post-post-modernism-advances-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bryan P. Bradley Hungary&#8217;s “iPad constitution” is the latest challenge to secularist, anti-family trends in Europe. In case you had not noticed, Hungary has a whopper of a new constitution that is giving the European Union and other international organizations something to think (and gripe) about. Critics call the text&#8217;s reference to Christian heritage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gallup poll: young Americans left behind on family values</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/06/06/gallup-poll-young-americans-left-behind-on-family-values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/06/06/gallup-poll-young-americans-left-behind-on-family-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan A new Gallup poll about moral issues in the US shows that Americans are most in agreement about marital infidelity and polygamy, with 91 per cent of people polled considering an extra-marital affair morally wrong and 86 per cent saying polygamy is immoral. Only two other issues come near a national consensus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Joseph comes home</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/30/baby-joseph-comes-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/30/baby-joseph-comes-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mariette Ulrich Update on ‘Baby Joseph’ Joseph Maraachli, dubbed “Baby Joseph” by the media, is making a good recovery after receiving a tracheotomy at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. (from eCanadaNow) The procedure was performed as an important first step in transitioning the 1-year-old to a nursing facility, before allowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t kill. And don’t make me help you die.</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/25/don%e2%80%99t-kill-and-don%e2%80%99t-make-me-help-you-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/25/don%e2%80%99t-kill-and-don%e2%80%99t-make-me-help-you-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sheila Liaugminas And don’t make me lie about knowing you’re killing yourself, either. Since euthanasia laws are in place in some of our states now, and that movement is spreading like a cancer, some basic reminders are in order. Like the ones in this column. People requesting suicide assistance are not required to tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Joseph battles</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/05/baby-joseph-battles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/05/baby-joseph-battles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some further info on this situation. The baby is aptly named since St. Joseph is the patron saint of the dying. He&#8217;ll be in good hands when the time comes. With the help of our prayers, too, of course. by Sheila Liaugminas The hospital involved in this sad story is representing itself as allowing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save Baby Joseph!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/01/save-baby-joseph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/01/save-baby-joseph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just curious to know how some of our commenters feel about this situation. February 26, 2011&#8211;There&#8217;s an 18-month-old baby boy in Canada who is about to be put to death by the Canadian government. I&#8217;m writing to you today so that you can help Priests For Life save this baby&#8217;s life if possible. Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anencephalic Fetuses Are Subhuman &#8220;Par Excellence&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/17/anencephalic-fetuses-are-subhuman-par-excellence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/02/17/anencephalic-fetuses-are-subhuman-par-excellence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leland</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=5918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many of you are long-in-the-tooth enough to remember when pro-&#8217;choice&#8217; folks ridiculed anyone who warned that legalizing abortion-on-demand would lead to things like euthanasia&#8230; and sex selective abortions&#8230; and aborting the handicapped&#8230; or euthanizing the handicapped? Well this article, about “well-known Brazilian pro-abortion activist and anthropologist Debora Diniz” justifies all those fears, if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Moral Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/12/four-moral-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/12/four-moral-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Gallup&#8217;s recent Values and Beliefs survey, Americans are &#8220;sharply divided&#8221; on 4 issues: doctor-assisted suicide, homosexual relations, abortion, and out-of-wedlock childbearing.  Close to half of us perceive these activities in particular as &#8220;morally acceptable;&#8221; close to half disagree and find them &#8220;morally wrong.&#8221;  (The survey asked about 16 behaviors; these were the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terri Schiavo, Five Years After</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/19/terri-schiavo-five-years-after/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/19/terri-schiavo-five-years-after/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2048</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been five years since the death of Terri Schiavo, and the misinformation still persists.  The Orange County Register ran an article by Jane Glenn Haas, titled “Take a Moment to Decide about Death”, which used the occasion to remind people to discuss their end-of-life wishes with their families, and prepare appropriate legal documents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercy killing? Never. I&#8217;ll always fight like a lioness for my darling boy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/mercy-killing-never-ill-always-fight-like-a-lioness-for-my-darling-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/mercy-killing-never-ill-always-fight-like-a-lioness-for-my-darling-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The doctor mentioned in my previous post ought to have a long chat with this woman. By Victoria Moore The moment I hear Elisabeth Shepherd&#8217;s voice on the phone I think she sounds like just the sort of person you would want looking after you if you were ill. Down-to-earth, energetic and warm she reminds me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“There will be casualties”</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/%e2%80%9cthere-will-be-casualties%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/22/%e2%80%9cthere-will-be-casualties%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Killing oneself is becoming far too easy. Instead of letting them give up, can&#8217;t we help these people be happier and healthier? The suicide doctor mentioned in the article below, is far too glib when it comes to &#8220;euthanasia.&#8221; Glad people actually noticed. It&#8217;s disturbing. Michael Cook Euthanasia activists in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montana allows assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/montana-allows-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/01/08/montana-allows-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1007</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m shocked, and saddened. I expected more from Montana. Michael Cook, BioEdge.com The state of Montana has become the third US jurisdiction to allow doctors to participate in assisted suicide. In a 4-3 decision, its Supreme Court held that state law protects doctors from prosecution for helping terminally ill patients die. However, the decision does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide kits as Christmas presents?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/suicide-kits-as-christmas-presents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/29/suicide-kits-as-christmas-presents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happened to being happy to be alive? What&#8217;s with making it seem worthless and useless to be old? &#8220;Oh, I hear you&#8217;re 70 now. Here&#8217;s a special pill for you.&#8221; Good grief!     Michael Cook, BioEdge.org Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke is a busy man in the frantic days before the holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The puzzle of human dignity</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/28/the-puzzle-of-human-dignity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/28/the-puzzle-of-human-dignity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=718</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Somerville, Mercatornet.com Both sides of the euthanasia debate claim to be advancing the cause of human dignity. Whom should we believe? Euthanasia advocates argue respect for human dignity requires that euthanasia be legalized and opponents of euthanasia argue exactly the opposite, that respect for human dignity requires it remain prohibited. In short, the concept [...]]]></description>
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