The year is barely a month old, but BioEdge is already sure who will win the annual “Foot in Mouth Award”: Japan’s finance minister Taro Aso.
The outspoken Mr Aso did not win many votes among Japan’s swelling elderly with…
euthanasia
This week, blogger Wesley J. Smith directed his readers’ attention to an article on Salon.com written by Lillian B. Rubin. Eighty-eight years old and in failing health, Rubin speculates about our society’s fear of death, the taboo surrounding elder suicide,…
Belgium could allow euthanasia for people under 18 if new proposals by the Socialist Party are approved. The law would also allow patients with Alzheimer’s to be euthanised.
Neighbouring Netherlands already allows both categories of people to die in this…
During the months leading up to the passage of Obamacare, Sarah Palin was mocked and excoriated for her use of the term “death panels” to describe the comparative effectiveness approach embraced by architects of the legislation. Granted, the phrase sounds…
