Fact checking Sep 19, 2009
Dr. Emanuel is a leading opponent of euthanasia and a proponent of a guaranteed healthcare access plan for all. In the first quote, Dr. Emanuel was writing about how to make ethical choices when forced to choose which patients get organ transplants or vaccines when supplies are limited. (Boerne Star, TX)
Clean industry is better Sep 18, 2009
Currently we waste millions of taxpayer dollars on sheltering and euthanasia. Preventing over-breeding will drastically reduce these costs. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Problems abound in health reform Sep 18, 2009
This opens the door to potential development of a eugenics plan, and a euthanasia plan (note, also, end-of-life provisions elsewhere in the bill) to enhance the balance of wellness (a measure, the likes of Hitler would have welcomed, to speed up his infamous program). It would seem that the president, and a large number of those elected to Congress, are bent on messing up a lot of things, and taking over important decisions in our lives ("power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"). (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Would Obama Really Kill Granny? Sep 18, 2009
What happened to his motheras he describes itwas not euthanasia. It was not voluntary euthanasia; it was certainly not involuntary euthanasia. (Townhall.com)
Lisbon 'fine by us' says bishop Sep 18, 2009
Page last updated at 12:49 GMT, Thursday, 17 September 2009 13:49 UK. It is not clear how far EU "guarantees" will sway Irish Catholics. (BBC News -- Europe)
Beware the dog, and cat, contracting horrific rabies Sep 18, 2009
DOLITTLER: VIEWS FROM A VET. an award-winning blog on pet health; she writes weekly for the Miami Herald and monthly for Veterinary Practice News. (USA Today -- Life)
Why do Whales Beach Themselves? Sep 18, 2009
Euthanasia is often a kinder alternative to returning beached whales to the sea, because often the damage is already done and returning the animal can cause more suffering. Beached whales will often die of complications that they endured from being out of the water and many continue to re-beach themselves. (Suite101.com)
Audit finds fault with 2nd shelter Sep 17, 2009
The audit also criticized the facility's handling of money, record keeping and euthanasia procedures. Bobby Bowen, county code enforcement manager, has led the department on an interim basis since February. (Florida Today)
Building Was 'The Future' Of Research At Yale Sep 17, 2009
The center coordinates the procuring of research animals, houses animals at multiple sites around the campus and offers various scientific services to researchers, including breeding, tissue collection and analysis, and animal restraint during experimentation and euthanasia. In addition to the research, officials have touted the Amistad Building itself, which earned an LEED Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for its environmentally friendly features. (FOX61, CT)
New 'Hidden Life' in dogged pursuit of deer Sep 17, 2009
It contains everything from sharpshooters to euthanasia to protective fencing and birth control. Thomas says the lesson she learned while watching deer from her New Hampshire farmhouse was that they are very social animals. (USA Today -- Life)
Study: 8 million Americans consider suicide Sep 17, 2009
Cases of euthanasia jump in Belgium after new law. Cases of euthanasia in Belgium's Flanders region soared to nearly 2 percent of all deaths in 2007 after the country legalized the practice a few years earlier, a medical study has shown ... The survey, conducted by an end-of-life research group at the Brussels-based Free University, said the rise was ma 00003F4D inly due to Belgium's 2002 euthanasia law, which gave terminally ill patients more choices. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Busting A Myth About Roe v. Wade. Sep 17, 2009
Busting A Myth About Roe v. Wade. Busting A Myth About Roe v. Wade. (CBS News)
Pilots Fly Shelter Pups, Cats To Families Sep 16, 2009
The pregnant female, who was named Summer, was taken by a Saving Animals From Euthanasia chapter north of Tampa. Lady Di and her pup got a ride to a foster home north of Orlando, where the younger dog is being treated for malnutrition and kennel cough. (Click2Houston, TX)
Police Serve Search Warrant In Annie Le Case Sep 16, 2009
The center, which is accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, coordinates the procurement of research animals, houses 00004000 animals at multiple sites around the campus, and offers various scientific services to researchers, including breeding, tissue collection and analysis, animal restraint during experimentation and euthanasia. In a recent school directory, the center had 67 people employed as animal technicians. (FOX61, CT)
Concord pilot helps pups through nonprofit program Sep 16, 2009
The call came from (PNP), a nonprofit organization that attempts to save pets from euthanasia by transporting them from high volume shelters kill shelters to foster homes and ultimately, permanent homes. Schrager agreed and departed Hanscom for Woodbine, N.J., stopping in Islip, N.Y., to pick up his copilot Tom Harvey, an executive search consultant and avid pet lover. (Concord Journal, MA)
U.S. pilots save shelter animals Sep 16, 2009
The charity Pilots N Paws flew the dogs from a shelter to a waiting rescue group in Florida, saving them from euthanasia ... The pregnant female, who was named Summer, was taken by a Saving Animals From Euthanasia chapter north of Tampa. (MSNBC -- Health)
Business requests pet food donations Sep 15, 2009
The ASPCA is a non-profit which advocates laws against cruelty to animals, works with shelters across the U.S. to end unnecessary euthanasia of pets that can be adopted and offers distaster readiness support experts to work with state agencies to help create emergency plans for pets. The charms, which features two halves, one for the owner to place on their jewelry and another to attach to a pet's collar, will be sold until Oct. 31. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Sep 15, 2009
He's the mad scientist who is calling for mandatory euthanasia and sterilization and population control and so on. MILLER: How. (Fox News)
A paw and a prayer: Pilots save shelter animals Sep 15, 2009
The charity Pilots N Paws flew the dogs from a shelter to a waiting rescue group in Florida, saving them from euthanasia ... The charity transports animals from euthanasia shelters to other states for adoption ... The pregnant female, who was named Summer, was taken by a Saving Animals From Euthanasia chapter north of Tampa. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Blumenauer's end-of-life counseling once favored by Palin Sep 15, 2009
The Alaska proclamation was "not evaluating whether your life is worth surgery or a pill -- or maybe even assisted death. It was not law of the land, cost taxpayers nothing and did not incentivize end-of-life health care cost reduction, Stapleton said. YouTube: Blumenauer s office noted that the House provision also was voluntary until the patient received a terminal diagnosis and that euthanasia was illegal in all 50 states. Further the provision blocked funding for physician-assisted suicide... (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Demonstrators attack Obama's 'socialist' reforms Sep 14, 2009
He said the President was trying to insert a provision into the health-care bill to perform euthanasia on the terminally ill and senior citizens. The Washington rally was organised by members of the Tea Party Patriots group and the National Taxpayers Union, among other conservative groups, and promoted by Fox News commentator Glenn Beck. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Pilots N Paws Takes Off to Find Unwanted Dogs New Homes Sep 13, 2009
Established in February 2008, the nonprofit group organizes volunteer pilots to rescue shelter animals from euthanasia by flying them to new homes. To date, Pilots N Paws estimates it has rescued more than 2,000 animals. (ABC News)
Green Valley Vipers ‘storm’ Silver City Sep 13, 2009
Euthanasia enters the scene to save one team further humiliation. No, we didn t hit, but we passed our quota of errors. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
`Tax-and-Spend' Protesters Fill Washington as Obama Pushes Health Overhaul Sep 13, 2009
He said Obama was trying to insert a provision into the health-care bill to perform euthanasia on the terminally ill and senior citizens. We have to stop him, said Batterson, who said he was working with a group that supports former third-party presidential candidate. (Bloomberg -- US)
Lemoore woman finalist for 'Hero' Sep 13, 2009
"I feel like I'm doing the right thing" by saving dogs from euthanasia, Stonehocker said. She gets dogs from SPCA shelters, and now has 60 dogs. (Fresno Bee)
Adoption event tackles pet homelessness Sep 12, 2009
This event is in collaboration with the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland, whose mission is to end the euthanasia of healthy, social, and treatable cats and dogs. For more on Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter, contact 503-846-7041, stop by at 1901 SE 24th Avenue, Hillsboro, or view adoptable pets at www. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Berlusconi says he won't resign over sex scandal Sep 11, 2009
THE Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has used one of his television stations to deny any rift with the Catholic Church, pledging that his Government will prove this when parliament debates euthanasia. A HISTORIC - and potentially disastrous - schism has opened between church and state in Italy after the embattled Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, used a newspaper owned by his brother Paolo to stage a virulent attack on the editor of the nation's main Catholic newspaper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Obama: 'The Time for Games Has Passed' Sep 11, 2009
Newt Gingrinch accuses reform proponents of planning to impose or forced euthanasia on unsuspecting citizens. Limbaugh chimes in with more falsehoods to the effect that the healthcare reforms will led to a pull the plug on grandma and similar nonsense. (Slate)
Tylko studying evolution of medical ethics Sep 10, 2009
One of the more renowned phrases in the ancient oath is: Above all, do no harm but issues like abortion and euthanasia seem to contradict this rule. Many modern interpretations challenge lines in the Hippocratic Oath that refer to them. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Belgium euthanasia cases jump after new law Sep 10, 2009
BRUSSELS - Cases of euthanasia in Belgium's Flanders region soared to nearly 2 percent of all deaths in 2007 after the country legalized the practice a few years earlier, a medical study has shown. The survey, conducted by an end-of-life research group at the Brussels-based Free University, said the rise was mainly due to Belgium's 2002 euthanasia law, which gave terminally ill patients more choices ... "We found that the enactment of the Belgian euthanasia law was followed by an increase in all... (MSNBC -- Health)
Egg hatchery owner says inquiry found problems Sep 9, 2009
Hy-Line has said "instantaneous euthanasia" is standard industry practice. But its Tuesday statement says some practices depicted in the video don't reflect the company's standard procedures. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Hatchery says it corrected problems after video Sep 9, 2009
One specific problem was a "bypass of the instantaneous euthanasia process," the statement said, referring to a machine called a macerator that is used to grind up the live chicks almost instantly. The video depicted a conveyor dropping the chicks into a auger that feeds them into the macerator. (Sioux City Journal)
I'll prove I'm pro-Vatican, says Berlusconi Sep 9, 2009
THE Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has used one of his television stations to deny any rift with the Catholic Church, pledging that his Government will prove this when parliament debates euthanasia. In a no-holds-barred interview on a morning TV program on Channel 5 on Monday, Mr Berlusconi said relations with the Vatican were ''excellent'' and reports of tension were lies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Interview With Mike Judge Sep 9, 2009
The former speaker of the House defends Sarah Palin's Facebook page, and thinks healthcare reform will lead to euthanasia, even though it's nowhere in the bill. responds. (Salon)
Abortion Health Care: Beginning 9/9, Randall Terry, and Pro-life Advocates From Seven States and DC Area Begin 2 Weeks of Protests, Lobbying, Street Theatre, and Confrontations on Wednesday, September 9. The Message: 'We Won't Pay for Murder!' Sep 9, 2009
"This is one case where I believe in euthanasia... we need to kill this bill. "We need to kill it decisively, and use this victory for babies' lives and our liberties to keep Obama to one term. He is a villain in this epic battle, and he needs to be tarred with the mire of his arrogance. (PR Newswire)
Health care recess over for state's congressional delegation Sep 7, 2009
Doc Hastings of Pasco said "the biggest issue is the euthanasia part of this." Republicans have charged a House bill would create "death panels," but independent fact-checkers have said that wasn't true. With Obama scheduled to deliver a major health care speech Wednesday to a joint session of Congress, no other issue this fall so dominates the political landscape on Capitol Hill or with constituents back home. (Longview Daily News, WA)
President's health care plan bottom line 'blurred' Sep 7, 2009
As President Barack Obama prepares for a Wednesday night speech to Congress in a risky bid to salvage his top domestic priority, no other issue is so highly charged. Obama's liberal supporters consider the proposal for a public plan to compete with private insurers do-or-die. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Obama Advisers Flexible on Public Option Sep 7, 2009
Unsubstantiated allegations that the legislation would promote euthanasia grabbed headlines. But beneath such controversies, voters appear most concerned about the scope and costs of the bill - around $1 trillion over 10 years. (CBS News)
How Can Clinicians Help Patients Make Decisions Consistent With Their Values? Sep 6, 2009
Is euthanasia acceptable if it prevents needless suffering. Many of us will have to face some. (Science Daily)
Agriculture industry cringes over video of chicks being tossed live into grinder Sep 6, 2009
It would be the same as handing over power and authority to chemical companies to decide what is an appropriate level of toxic waste to dump into nearby streams and groundwater," Runkle complained. Hy-Line North America said it will investigate the Iowa hatchery but emphasized that "instantaneous euthanasia" is a standard practice. The United Egg Producers, a trade group, said it, too, would investigate Hy-Line. In a statement, it also said the industry is researching methods for breeding... (WWLTV.com, LA)
Letters for Saturday, September 5, 2009 Sep 6, 2009
Ecoscience calls for a planetary regime to enforce totalitarian population control measures, i.e. coerced abortions, infanticide, euthanasia and sterilization as population growth solutions. While in the Illinois Legislature in 2002, Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, an act to protect babies that survived late-term abortions. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Ex-caretaker of 400 animals says he's victim of 'vendetta' Sep 5, 2009
Pang had specifically told Kishimori he did not want the assistance of the Hawaiian Humane Society because his wife, who began the animal shelter nearly two decades ago, disapproved of the society's euthanasia policy. That, and the fact that the society had taken Bonnie to court in 1995 for cruelty to animals, although a judge dismissed the case. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Ag industry defends itself over grisly chick video Sep 5, 2009
Hy-Line North America said it will investigate the Iowa hatchery but emphasized that "instantaneous euthanasia" is a standard practice. The United Egg Producers, a trade group, said it, too, would investigate Hy-Line. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Democrats are the ideologues on health care Sep 5, 2009
AND WHERE IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE VARIOUS SHILLS OF THEIR ILK HAVE BEEN MISLEADING THE PUBLIC WITH DEATH PANELS AND EUTHANASIA FOR THE ELDERLY AND RATIONING AND FORCED ENROLLMENT, AND THE REST OF THE LIES. No, not a word about the dis-information campaign that has led to violent town-hall meetings, armed citizens in the streets talking about killing tyrants , the politics of US VERSUS THEM which pits citizens against each other, the SOCIALIST or NAZI rantings of... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
LETTER: System will reduce care to most defenseless Sep 5, 2009
" "I couldn't believe this was happening to me," says Emanuel, who in addition to spending his career opposing euthanasia and working to increase the quality of care for dying patients is the brother of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. "It is incredible how much one's reputation can be besmirched and taken out of context ... sister wrote on Sep 4, 2009 11:15 PM:" I cannot believe how deep and wide the lies are going. The lunatics have clearly taken over the asylum on the right!! Dr.... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Italy editor quits in row over PM Sep 4, 2009
Mr Berlusconi relies on the support of Catholic voters, while the Church had seen Mr Berlusconi as an ally on issues like euthanasia and abortion. But Mr Boffo is highly regarded within the Church, and the damaging allegations about his private life will be seen as an indirect attack on the Church itself. (BBC News -- Europe)
Bursting At The Seams: Health Or Wealth? Sep 4, 2009
A kindness (euthanasia. we human beings dare not extend to our own kind. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Right to reject medical care upheld Sep 4, 2009
But they could not contain instructions for euthanasia or assisted suicide. Join the conversation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Distortions -- or Truths? Sep 4, 2009
Nor is there any doctor's right to perform euthanasia or mercy-killing. Obama's resolve to cut health care costs, at the same time he repeatedly reminds us that half of all such costs are incurred in the last six months of life, however, points straight to rationed care for the elderly ill, where drugs, procedures and operations necessary to life are going to be curtailed or cut off. (Human Events Online)
Doctor takes aim at health-care claims Sep 4, 2009
Then he started hearing some of the arguments against health-care reform -- euthanasia for older Americans, doctor rationing. This was a job for a quack buster. (News & Observer)
Reverse Nazism And The Healthcare War Sep 4, 2009
Health insurance for all means euthanasia for me ... By contrast, it is private, profit-motivated insurance companies--which deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions and restrict one's choice of doctor, medical treatments and length of hospital stays (based on actuarial tables)--that bear the greatest resemblance to a mulching euthanasia machine. (CBS News)
Letter Not Obamas health plan, but our plan Sep 4, 2009
Oh, yes getting a health care proxy in place is not euthanasia. It is a healthy discussion of what the person wants at the end of life. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Veterinarian unearths reminder of first dog euthanasia Sep 4, 2009
" Remember the last time you moved and all the crap trucked out by the curb or donated to Goodwill? This go-round is perhaps even more thorough than that. It's the kind of massive clean-out we engage in only a few times in a lifetime ... if we can bring ourselves to do it. You know how it is. Whether it's time to move or just time to sit down and mindfully organize your life's possessions, it's always frustrating to sort through the chaff ... but immensely rewarding to rediscover the wheat along... (USA Today -- Life)
Republicans’ shameless senior moment Sep 4, 2009
And if we may go back to the voluntary end-of-life conversations so deliberately framed as euthanasia, this may yet produce a gray backlash. Remember when conservatives thought that rescuing Terri Schiavo was a political winner. (Boston Globe)
Editorial: Invite public to health-care debate Sep 4, 2009
And those morons spreading the lie that anything being proposed in Washington sanctions government-ordered euthanasia should be corrected in strong language. It was nice to see one of those far-right neo-con LaRouche loonies get their distorted nonsense tossed back in their face. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
Health-Care Debate Continues in Region Sep 4, 2009
At no point is euthanasia even implied. A moral concern: federally-funded abortions. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
* US healthcare reform needs a shot in the Left Sep 3, 2009
But life expectancy in the UK is higher than in the US, meaning that even with our supposed state-sponsored euthanasia our grannies still live longer than theirs. In a blend of the comic and the tragic one protester, who was hospitalized after he got into a fight at a town hall meeting in St Louis, had to have a whip-round to pay for his medical bill as he had no health insurance. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Obama Weighs Major Speech on Health Care Sep 3, 2009
" Congressperson Virginia Fox (R-North Carolina) "Healthcare reform will lead to senior citizens being put to death by their government". Sen. James Inhole (R-Oklahoma) "Birthers have a point". Fox News' Glenn Beck "Obama is a racist". Rush Limbaugh "Obama's healthcare will mean the end of the United States as we know it". "Obama and the Chinese are brothers in communism" "Obama wants euthanasia". The founder of Operation Rescue, a ultra right wing Bible thumping group: "violent convulsions will... (CBS News)
Sarah Palin, Meet Hippocrates Sep 3, 2009
All of the provisions to be included in the final bill are not yet known, but one thing is certain: There is not a single statement in the voluminous number of pages under study that contains the slightest consideration, no matter its remoteness, of death panels, euthanasia, or any such fearsome concept ... In the midst of this crucial debate on the future of health care, somehow, the proponents of the euthanasia talking point seem to have forgotten everything we know about the practice of... (CBS News)
Boy falls into a lion pit on Zookeeper set Sep 3, 2009
He said no animal would be killed or was ever truly threatened with euthanasia. He said the zoo had responded to the budget cut by spreading inaccurate and incendiary information. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Humane Society, Animal Control have different roles Sep 3, 2009
McGrew, who has 11 years experience in animal control, said in some cases, euthanasia is unavoidable due to space constraints ... Euthanasia can be an every day thing. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Caretaker remembers Charlie Sep 3, 2009
"Then the vet administers the euthanasia drug. The animal has no awareness of what's happening. That way, the animal's just going to sleep and they just don't wake up.". And Charlie drifted softly off to his final rest. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Guilty by Association Sep 3, 2009
" This is the second time Bill has made this false claim, the first being by taking a quote out of context in a column a few weeks ago.Dr. Emmanuel is an oncologist who has written more than 1,000,000 words about bioethicts, McCaughey and Bill have pulled a few of those words completely out of context to distort what Emmanuel believes. Here's 2 points of truth about Emmanuel:He opposes euthanasia under all circumstances, even if it's what the patient wants.He's written about the complex decision... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Pet Talk: Every hurricane report stirs up images of animals lost Sep 2, 2009
With limited space, no place to send the overflow, and animals arriving by the hour that they were required by law to admit, shelter officials made awful euthanasia choices every day. I met dozens of those animals, like Sir and Katie, that got love and care and then their time ran out. (USA Today -- Life)
Survey and Discussion on UnWanted T... Sep 2, 2009
Reasons given for the problem included the closure of slaughterhouses, the economy, unmanageable costs of euthanasia, and changes in demand for certain breeds. June "Welfare of the Horse" Forum. (Suite101.com)