Her face is not on the cover of a national daily, and her name is not trending on social media.
Last October, the Dáil voted to initiate legislation to legalise assisted suicide and normalise euthanasia in Ireland. Shorn of language that might spook many TDs and cause voters to recoil, the Private Members Bill was sponsored by the radical left-wing People Before Profit/Solidary alliance. The vote was taken late in the evening, mid-week, and amidst […]
Foreign observers might have the impression that it is always open season for euthanasia in the Netherlands. Not so. While the guidelines are elastic and subject to interpretation, they do exist and people violating them risk prosecution. A recent story on euthanasia in the Netherlands illustrates this. A pillar of Dutch policy is that only […]
No doubt you have heard of “advance directives” – guidelines for your carers, guardians or doctors on what do to in the event that you are not competent to instruct them. Right-to-die associations often promote them as a way of avoiding life with dementia. But what if the people with the power to “pull the plug” refuse? […]
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Covid-19 accounted for less than 1 per cent of fatalities last month in England.
An interim report on deaths amongst homeless people has found almost one in ten deaths occur on the streets or outdoors, and that the median age of all those who died was 43 years – though it was just 33 for women. The research said that while mortality for single people experiencing homelessness was high, rates of […]
The 38 people were known to homeless services around the country, with 30 of the deaths happening within the Dublin area.
The so-called Enlightenment placed man at the center of the universe, edging aside the “God-centered” worldview once prevalent among Western elites. Then came the Industrial Revolution, spawning the age of “Economic Man.” Matters of consequence came to be viewed primarily through the prism of economic impact. That is something that both Karl Marx and the robber barons […]
JAMA Internal Medicine hosted a fiery debate about Dutch euthanasia this week. Geriatrician Diane Meier, of the Icahn School of Medicine, New York, responded feistily to critics of an editorial which she had written in December, headlined “The Treatment of Patients With Unbearable Suffering—The Slippery Slope Is Real”. Two teams of Dutch physicians responded with reassurances that “all […]
A German member of Parliament from Angela Merkel’s CDU party has died in an Irish hospital after falling ill during a trans-atlantic flight. Karin Strenz, 53, was travelling from Cuba to Frankfurt with her husband on Sunday. However, that morning she fell seriously ill, and the flight was redirected to Shannon Airport with a request […]
Leading medical experts have been joined by many of the country’s top professional medical bodies in opposing a bill which seeks to legalise Assisted Suicide in Ireland. They warned that the bill was “deeply flawed” and left people at “significant risk”. Submissions from medical professionals made to the Justice Committee on a bill proposed by […]