Health Care (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The surgeon then creates a small hole of around a centimeter below the pouch to embargo the flow of food into the small intestine, footing legitimate is digested. Risks of innards stapling some of the risks associated with Stomach Stapling are mood swings, hair euthanasia and dryness of the skin. ...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A report that American "Anglicans, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, etc." have issued a joint statement on "1. the sanctity of human life," "2. the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife," and "3. the rights of conscience and religious liberty" — The Manhattan Declaration . Quoted is the document's...
Vatican Watcher (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
I wrote this as a comment at TitusOneNine : It’s a slippery slope. All the things that may end up left out of the bills now (abortion, euthanasia, etc.) may be slipped in later once control is handed over. What I am fearful of is that the bishops are either letting their own personal or ‘institutional’ (USCCB) opinions intrude or else simply being short-sighted by approving of a concept...
Medical Futility (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The HIN National Institute of Nursinf Research has released a new patient-oriented brochure on palliative care: "Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You’re Experiencing the Symptoms of Serious Illness," The brochure explains in easy-to-understand language what palliative care is, who it benefits, and how it works. The brochure also addresses certain misconceptions about palliative...
Stand Your Ground (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
By Alex Schadenberg - 14 reasons why C-384 is dangerous to society and must be defeated: Bill C-384 would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. Bill C-384 does not restrict intended death to Canadian citizens, thus if passed it would make Canada a destination for suicide tourists. The person may refuse appropriate treatments and still die by an intended death. A medical practitioner cannot...
Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
To mark this weekend's collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the print edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer runs a response to my letter from the heads of the Social Action office for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Contact Center. They call my "insinuation" about the center "ludicrous and offensive," but never really address the concerns that a growing...
Conservative Beach Girl (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Senators have been busy "debating" the so-called Reid behemoth Rationed Medical Care Bill or Health Insurance Reform Bill as some euphemistically characterize the 2074 page bill. PLEASE appreciate that: The government that controls our health care and our health care industry has NO vested interest in keeping you alive if you become sick. See Denmark's health care and the euthanasia provided...
Values Voter News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
French Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of "Unreasonable Obstinacy" in Saving Newborn's Life By Patrick B. Craine ORANGE, France, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A hospital in the south of France has been found guilty of taking excessive measures when they successfully revived a newborn baby that had been declared stillborn. The case was brought by the parents, who are seeking 500,000 euros...
Reflections on Faith and Culture (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Wesley Smith's First Things article entitled "Pulling the Plug on the Conscience Clause," begins this way: Over the past fifty years, the purposes and practices of medicine have changed radically. Where medical ethics was once life-affirming, today’s treatments and medical procedures increasingly involve the legal taking of human life. The litany is familiar: More than one million pregnancies...
My Suzy Homemaker (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A few things about me you may not know already......A busy Mom who raises her family and volunteers at the elementary school, A Mom who also watches a couple of other Kiddos after school, A catering manager when the need arises, And most of all a Hospice Volunteer. Yes, I volunteer for Hospice. I make weekly visits to my older friends, and for some who may not have any family members left. I also scrapbook...
jillstanek.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
by JivinJ Wesley Smith notes a changed clause in Senator Reid's health care bill could force insurance providers in states where assisted suicide is legal to include assisted suicide in their plans: If assisted suicide, or even euthanasia, are legally considered forms of "end of life care" in a particular state - as it is now in Oregon , Washington , and Montana - it seems to me that the...
Blowing San #1 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I've been wondering what the next step would be after passage of a healthcare bill that funds abortion, feeling it's time to put up or shut up. Seems there may be some people ready to back up all the rhetoric. All emphases and comments in red are my own; Washington D.C., Nov 20, 2009 / 06:21 am ( CNA ).- An unprecedented coalition of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders, and scholars has crafted...
City Room (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Two New York City doctors, the head of the city's largest public hospital and a nationally known geriatrician, gently clashed at a City Council hearing to discuss how to deal with the growing demand for end-of-life care.
Marginalized Action Dinosaur (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Autonomy: it’s just not for killing Sane Conservatism is a new blog that is worthy of your consideration. Today’s topic: euthanasia. The most common argument in favor of euthanasia is an appeal to choice. The philosophical presupposition to this argument is the harm principle which was articulated by the philosopher John Stuart Mill. This is the well [...]
CVSTOS FIDEI (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
CVSTOS FIDEI FRIDAY EDITION Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) Collection this Sunday : Is Bishop Roger Morin Mendaciously Defending CCHD? - Tito Edwards, TAC CCHD Responds to Its Critics - Deal W. Hudson, InsideCatholic Catholic Charities: A Two-Fold Challenge - Matthew Hanley, The Catholic Thing Boycott Cthlc Campaign for Human Development Collection - T. Edwards, TAC Morning Update...
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shamus2 | 09/08/2009
Every year millions of cats and dogs are put to sleep – about 5 million a year in the USA alone or 10 every minute. There's nothing wrong with the animals. They are perfectly healthy and fit and the animal societies, shelters and pounds have given them their health shots. They are killed because nobody wants them .There's no homes for them. And that's not counting other creatures that people no longer...
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