HIGHLIGHT PIECE OF THE WEEK:
In Canada, It's Easier to Access Euthanasia Services Than Health Care
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"Making state-sanctioned suicide anything more than a rare, reluctantly taken medical intervention is barbaric." Keep Reading (3 min).

ARTICLES & NEWS
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Assisted Suicide is About Money, Not Health Care
"Consider the money Canada will save if disabled people decide to be killed because they have such trouble accessing the care that would make them want to live."

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Canada's Assisted Suicide Laws Make Suicide A Norm
"Every year a new frontier is opened in the march to ensure that everyone has access to state-sponsored death in the name of 'autonomy.' How long until suicide on demand for any reason is not just seen as acceptable in Canada, but a positive good?"

Keep Reading (7 min)
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Advocates for Assisted Suicide Begin to Fear the Case in California
Proponents of assisted suicide are beginning to write articles and speak up about their worries and opposition to the case filed in California to end assisted suicide. We comment on this development.

Keep Reading (3 min)
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"End Assisted Suicide" is the group of plaintiffs suing the state of California to overturn the Assisted Suicide law there. Our 501(c)(3) sister organization, the Institute for Patients' Rights, has joined this ground-breaking lawsuit as a plaintiff. Below is one of our statements as to our opposition of these laws.
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