Category Archives: Euthanasia
Nepal: ‘Reassuring’ to watch corpses burn
SMH …Every day, scores of bamboo or metal gurneys carrying corpses are brought to the waterside by grieving relatives…. It was confronting to see a human foot emerging from a pyre as a body became engulfed by flame, but even … Continue reading
Filed under Euthanasia, Hindism, Mystical woo, Non-believers, Science, Stupidity
US: We don’t like your views, so we won’t fund the organisation you work for…
…the Catholic Church chucks a hissy fit. Daily Kos The Sacramento Bee is reporting the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento has pulled the plug on funding the Francis House homeless services agency in Sacramento. Described as “largest homeless services agencies in … Continue reading
US: A triumph for theism — dying baby suffers for five extra months
Windsor Star Joseph Maraachli, who became known to the world as Baby Joseph, died Tuesday at home with his parents, five months after receiving a tracheotomy at a hospital in St. Louis, Mo., because London Health Sciences Centre refused to … Continue reading
Australia: Catholic academic wants slow agonising death for himself…
…and everyone else, too. SMH Seriously ill people do not need euthanasia. We need better provision of palliative care aimed at managing symptoms and maximising function, especially as we approach death. Rather than help to die, the cause of dignity … Continue reading
