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The euthanasia of the West
Assisted dying is indefensible
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Intentional life-ending practices described as euthanasia or medical assistance in dying.
We demand a complete review of Canada's euthanasia law. We want real medical care.
Gordon Friesen and Alex Schadenberg call for a comprehensive review of Canada's euthanasia law. Their petition argues that patients should have meaningful access to care and protection from pressures associated with assisted death.
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Daybreak – 1 July 2026
In this episode of Daybreak - U.S. Supreme Court hands down a landmark victory for girls and women's sports; latest Roy Morgan poll; media get the chance to slam school lunches again - but is it warranted; Opportunity Party is (finally) being exposed as a left wing party; media story unintentionally reveals the inherent dangers of euthanasia; is Brian Tamaki being targeted rightly or wrongly; & King Charles downgrades "Defender of the Faith' for a 'Multi-Faith Monarchy'. The post Daybreak – 1 July 2026 appeared first on Family First NZ .
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Anglican Church of Canada to offer special liturgy for euthanasia deaths
The moral implosion of Canada’s mainline Protestant denominations began decades ago, but Adam Smith’s observation that “there is a great deal of ruin in a nation” is also true of post-Christian churches. Last month, a United Church in Richmond, British Columbia, was spotted advertising a seminar on “medical assistance in dying.” The United Church has [...] The post Anglican Church of Canada to offer special liturgy for euthanasia deaths first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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The Anglican Church of Canada Publishes Pastoral Liturgies Blessing Euthanasia
The Anglican Church of Canada has authorized clergy to bless people being euthanized just before, during, and after being lethally jabbed (when permitted by the bishop). From “Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts of Medically Assisted Dying”: It is not our intent to enter into the ethical arguments regarding MAiD, nor to provide a moral argument for or against MAiD.…No matter where people are in their life journey, we as a Christian community and Christian leaders in particular are called to respond pastorally to the needs and concerns of the people before us. Wherever the churc
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Twelve-Year-Old Euthanized in the Netherlands: Not a First
The media is (properly) reporting that a Dutch doctor euthanized — i.e. killed — a sick twelve-year-old child (illness not reported). It is a “first” under a new Dutch law that allows euthanasia for children ages one to twelve. From the story in The Independent: In a latter to parliament, Dutch health minister Sophie Hermans said that the child had died last year but did not clarify their age, date of death or the illness that they suffered, according to broadcaster NOS. The law in the Netherlands was changed in 2014 to extend euthanasia to children under the age of 12 to allow them to “die wi
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WATCH: The “MAID” Report That Will Save Thousands of Lives | MP Andrew Lawton
The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying has now recommended permanently banning euthanasia for mental illness. MP Andrew Lawton joined me to explain why–and how thousands of lives will be saved as a result: As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How [...] The post WATCH: The “MAID” Report That Will Save Thousands of Lives | MP Andrew Lawton first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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Netherlands reports first child under 12 Euthanasia case
The Netherlands has euthanised a child under the age of twelve for the first time, reigniting debate over how far euthanasia laws should extend. Dutch […] The post Netherlands reports first child under 12 Euthanasia case appeared first on Family First NZ .
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Globe and Mail journalist calls 100k assisted suicides a ’cause for celebration’
Over the past decade, many in the international press have openly wondered how Canada’s euthanasia regime went off the rails so swiftly and so grotesquely that other nations have decided against legalizing assisted suicide for fear of turning into Canada. There are, of course, many answers to that question, but one cannot be emphasized enough: Canada [...] The post Globe and Mail journalist calls 100k assisted suicides a ’cause for celebration’ first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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They said there would be no slippery slope
When issues like abortion or euthanasia are debated, opponents issue warnings about the ‘slippery slope’ and predict that the ‘floodgates will open’. By this they mean that after either one is introduced, the grounds for it will expand, and the numbers availing of it will increase. Proponents deny either of these things will happen. For […] The post They said there would be no slippery slope first appeared on The Iona Institute .
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‘Help me!’: Botched euthanasia exposes the horrific reality behind ‘medical aid in dying’
The great victory of suicide activists has been to sanitize and medicalize the killing of human beings. We cannot use words like “suicide” or “killing”; we must instead use false, propagandistic language like “medical aid in dying” or, preferably, the official-sounding acronym “MAID.” Suicide and killing still make us uncomfortable, and so the terms have [...] The post ‘Help me!’: Botched euthanasia exposes the horrific reality behind ‘medical aid in dying’ first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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Canadian bishops denounce assisted suicide at MAID’s 10th anniversary
People gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, the annual National March for Life on May 14, 2026. Thousands carried their pro-life signs and walked the streets of the capital to sound the alarm for an end to abortion and euthanasia in Canada. " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.americamagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260515T1616-CANADA-NATIONAL-MARCH-FOR-LIFE-1819846-scaled-e1781205746340.jpg?fit=780%2C477&ssl=1" /> The bishops described the state of MAID in Canada as “the world’s largest and fastest-growing euthanasia program," accounting for over 5 percent of deaths in t
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Fewer than 10% of UK voters view euthanasia as a priority issue: new poll
According to an exclusive June 2 report from the Daily Mail, fewer than one in ten U.K. voters consider assisted suicide a priority for their Member of Parliament. The mega-poll of over 10,000 people comes as a blow to suicide activists, who are desperately trying to resurrect Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s euthanasia bill that died in the House [...] The post Fewer than 10% of UK voters view euthanasia as a priority issue: new poll first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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can assisted suicide and suicide prevention really coexist?
A recent article in The Lancet Psychiatry provides a window into a philosophical tension at the heart of current assisted suicide debates. The article reflects on the case of Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who died by euthanasia earlier this year. Castillo experienced profound suffering throughout her life, including childhood neglect, sexual violence, psychiatric illness, […] The post can assisted suicide and suicide prevention really coexist? appeared first on Christian Medical Fellowship .
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“Help me” – final cries of Canadian man during botched euthanasia
An 87-year-old Canadian man was not properly sedated before his life was ended by euthanasia, as he repeatedly cried out “help me” while dying. The man from Ontario, known only as Mr D, had congestive heart failure and met the eligibility criteria to end his life under Canada’s assisted suicide and euthanasia regime, known as […]
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Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia
By Marie Brousseau The elderly are immense gifts to society, yet too often today we see that our culture focuses on personal fulfillment, which can then lead to the neglect of people who are no longer deemed necessary or productive. This includes the sick and the elderly, who may feel lonely, abandoned, and isolated from… Read More » Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia The post Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia appeared first on ALL .
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Living and Dying in Canada
Mark Bradford Canada legalized MAID in 2016, and it has come to rank a close second behind the Netherlands in the number of deaths by euthanasia each year.
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Canada: Declared dead, man wakes after botched euthanasia
After having been pronounced dead, a patient woke up after a botched euthanasia attempt, leading to his doctor being placed under supervision by the province’s physicians’ regulator due to repeated failures to adhere to protocols and procedures. Dr James MacLean was the subject of two complaints relating to two cases involving Canada’s euthanasia and assisted […]
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Doughnut shop euthanasia assessment leads to Canadian doctor being disciplined
After one of his patients had his euthanasia assessment conducted outside a doughnut shop, an Ontario doctor has been placed under supervision by the province’s physicians’ regulator due to repeated failures to adhere to protocols and procedures. Dr James MacLean was the subject of two complaints relating to two cases involving Canada’s euthanasia and assisted […]
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A New Case for Medical-Aid-In-Dying?
Apart from any further consideration of ultimate intention, euthanasia and assisted suicide are actions that directly and purposely seek to kill the patient for the “crime” of being ill or sick. They necessarily contradict our human dignity and cannot be ordered to the love of God and neighbor, including and especially the sick and suffering.
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Bioethicists: “Terminally Sedate” People Committing Suicide by Self-Starvation
In a newly released paper in the prestigious journal Bioethics, three prominent bioethicists argue that when someone decides to commit suicide via self-starvation and dehydration — known in euthanasia movement parlance as “voluntary stop eating and drinking” (VSED) — doctors should be allowed to “terminally sedate” the person trying to die when necessary to prevent intractable suffering. Patients who commit VSED are often not terminally ill. In fact, euthanasia organizations promote self-starvation to the elderly who are not dying and as a means of becoming eligible for assisted suicide where
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An Interview with Prof. Miguel Pastorino
Uruguay recently became the first country in Latin America to legalize euthanasia. Its General Assembly, the national legislature, approved legislation in October 2025 to allow euthanizing persons over 18 with a chronic, irreversible, and incurable disease that causes “unbearable suffering.” Over at... The post An Interview with Prof. Miguel Pastorino appeared first on The Human Life Review .
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Would New Jersey Bill Authorize Slow-Motion Euthanasia of Dementia Patients?
Serious moves are afoot to allow ending the lives of dementia patients, either by allowing them to be killed by lethal jab euthanasia if requested in a written advance directive (where legal), or to allow a document to be signed requiring caregivers to withhold sufficient food and water to sustain life. New Jersey seems to move subtly in the latter direction with a vaguely worded bill, S.B. 4186, that could open the door to intentional legal undernourishment. From the bill: It is the public policy of this State to respect the dignity, autonomy, and previously expressed wishes of individuals li
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WATCH: Finally Some Good News
After a steady stream of horror stories, it looks like Ottawa may be finally ready to move against euthanasia for mental illness: As always, follow the podcast wherever you get your content: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, or YouTube. You can get a copy of my book How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or at The Bridgehead, where you [...] The post WATCH: Finally Some Good News first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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“Proof of real success”– Prue Leith praises record high euthanasia rate in Canada
Prue Leith, the celebrity cooking show judge, has celebrated the expansive euthanasia and assisted suicide regime in Canada, stating that 4% of all deaths in the country being caused by euthanasia or assisted suicide is a “real success”. Leith, a patron of the assisted suicide lobbying group, Dignity in Dying, celebrated the vast number of […]
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Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia
The elderly are immense gifts to society, yet too often today we see that our culture focuses on personal fulfillment, which can then lead to the neglect of people who are no longer deemed necessary or productive. This includes the sick and the elderly, who may feel lonely, abandoned, and isolated from their own families. […] The post Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
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Ableism and Social Engineering: If You Know, You Know: Rumour Has it, Euthanasia Proponent Uses “Nothing About Us Without Us!?”
“Nothing about us without us” The above is a link to the Substack article published below, by Not Dead Yet (USA) Board of Directors Member and Executive Director of Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet (CAN), Amy Hasbrouck. Get our words out of your mouth! Rumour has it that the head of Dying with Dignity, Helen […]
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A Good Sign: Alberta Makes Legal Euthanasia Harder to Access
Canada has gone hog wild for euthanasia. But the pro-death tide may — may — be beginning to turn. The province of Alberta just passed a bill that significantly restricts eligibility for euthanasia (medical aid in dying, or MAID), soon to be signed into binding law. The biggest change in Bill 18 ends the eligibility of non-terminally-ill patients to be MAIDed (known as Track 2). Among the provisions of Bill 18 (“Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act”), as summarized by the government: Eligibility in Alberta to individuals 18 and over with capacity to make their own health care deci
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CBC’s euthanasia propaganda threatens the lives of the mentally ill
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – which became eligible for state-assisted death a long time ago – has performed the function of propaganda arm for nearly every deadly and dangerous social cause of the past half-century, from abortion to “sex change” surgeries for minors. But its barely disguised advocacy for Canada’s euthanasia regime is second to none. [...] The post CBC’s euthanasia propaganda threatens the lives of the mentally ill first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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Canada’s Euthanasia Regime: Efficiency and Death vs. True Compassion and Dignity
“Euthanasia is a false solution to the drama of suffering, a solution that is not worthy of man. The real answer cannot be, in fact, to give death, as ‘gentle’ as this may be, but to testify to the love that helps us to face pain and agony in a humane way.” ― Pope Benedict… The post Canada’s Euthanasia Regime: Efficiency and Death vs. True Compassion and Dignity appeared first on Human Life International .
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