Category Archives: SUICIDE

IT IS NOT LOVE, IT IS MONEY, MONEY, MONEY THAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

Posted on February 8, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! We must stand firm on brain-death standard, says an article in NEJM by Michael Cook 8 Feb 2014 BIOEDGE Two recent controversies over “brain-dead” patients have obviously flustered some medical ethicists. Writing in a commentary in the New England … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, INFANTICIDE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, SAVING CHILDREN, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Tagged American Medical Association, BRAIN DEATH, Dr. Christiaan Bar, Erick Munoz, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Jahi McMath, Marlise Munoz, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Organ Transplants, President's Commission for the Study of Ethical; Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioural Research, The American Bar Association, Uniform Derterminatio of Death Act | Comments Off

A POLST HAS TEETH, BE CAREFUL IT DOES NOT BITE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE

Posted on December 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! About Not Dead Yet NDY Activities NDY Blog posted 19 hours ago by Diane Coleman John Kelly Quoted in NPR Thanksgiving Day Article on POLST Filed under Institute of Medicine, john kelly, life-sustaining treatment, Massachusetts, media coverage, MOLST, Nancy … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Tagged DIANE COLEMAN, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE'S COMMITTEE ON APPROACHING DEATH, JOPHN KELLY, MOLST DOCUMENT, NANCY SHUTE, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, PERSON WITH DISABILITY, polst document, SUSAN TOLLE | Comments Off

PENNSYLVANIA PROPOSED LAW REVISION WOULD RESTORE SOME SANITY TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

Posted on December 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Panel OKs organ donor law update By ROBERT SWIFT (Harrisburg Bureau Chief) Published: December 1, 2013 HARRISBURG – Legislation intended to make more human organs available for transplant recently won approval from a Senate committee but faces continued debate … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, ORGAN DONATION, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE | Tagged CORONERS ROLE, organ donation, ORGAN DONATION IN HOSPITALS, ORGAN DONATION TRAINING, ORGAN REMOVAL AS CAUSE OF DEATH, ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION IN HOSPITALS, ORGAN TRANSPLATATION, PENSYLVANIA LAW | Comments Off

WANT TO SELL YOUR BONE MARROW? THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SAYS IT IS OK

Posted on December 1, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! This is a NOT a photo of an open-faced sandwich; it is a photo of bone marrow. OUR VIEW: Close, lock this door http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20131201/NEWS/131129803?p=1&tc=pg Published: Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 29, 2013 at … Continue reading →

Posted in ADULT STEM CELLS, BRAIN DEATH, HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Tagged BONE MARROW, BRAIN DEATH, BUYING AND SELLING OF HUMAN ORGANS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IRAN, NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT OF 1984, NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, organ transplantation, PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER, STEM CELLS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION | Comments Off

LUNG TRANSPLANTS: WHO DECIDES? IS IT FAIR? IS THE SYSTEM MORALLY ACCEPTABLE? ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN

Posted on November 24, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! PHOTO: 57-year-old Fernando Padilla of Alta Loma, Calif., became the first in the country to receive a “breathing lung” transplant in mid November. ================================================================================================================================= As I have tried to show in my preceding posts on this Blog, the organ … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, ORGAN DONATION, RELATIVISM, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Tagged CYSTIC FIBROSIS, LOBAR LUNG TRANSPLANTS, LUNG TRANSPLANTS, ORGAN DONA, ORGAN PROCUREMENT & TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK (OPTN), organ transplantation, PEDIATRIC DONOR LUNGS, PEDIATRIC ORGANS | 1 Comment

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DOCTORS ARE PUT ABOVE THE LAW? LOOK AT ABORTION IN GREAT BRITAIN!

Posted on November 11, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Lord Falconer’s (image above) Putting doctors above the law by Peter Saunders | 11 Nov 2013 tags : assisted suicide, Lord Falconer, UK Lord Falconer’s (image above) Assisted Dying Bill, which aims to legalise assisted suicide for mentally competent adults … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SECULARISM, SUICIDE, THE GREAT SOCIETY | Tagged Lord Falconer, Peter Saunders | Comments Off

SUICIDE MAY SOLVE ONE PROBLEM, BUT IT CREATES ANOTHER WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO CREATE

Posted on November 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Law gets us there, but love gets us there more quickly by Dr. Edward Peters I heard about the deer-hunter in Indiana—by all accounts a fine guy, recently married and baby on the way—who, having fallen from a tree and … Continue reading →

Posted in EUTHANASIA, FAMILY LIFE, FATHERHOOD, HAPPINESS, LIFE ISSUES, SUICIDE, Uncategorized | Tagged Edward Peters, spinal cord injuries | Comments Off

HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY, I REPEAT, AN INDUSTRY

Posted on May 9, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! This is the first of a series on human organ donation/transplantation I will be posting on this blog. Why will I be doing this? Because I am convinced that the transplantation of human organs is BIG BUSINESS. While it … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, HEALTH CARE, INFANTICIDE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, ORGAN DONATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, SUICIDE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | Comments Off

2022 IS NOT VERY FAR OFF

Posted on April 6, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! The Age, a leading Melbourne newspaper, recently ran several articles chronicling a local woman’s decision to take her own life. It was not for any particular reason – 83-year-old Beverley Broadbent just thought it would be better to go … Continue reading →

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THE CULTURE OF DEATH: THE PUSH FOR EUTHANASIA CONTINUES

Posted on July 17, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! Pressured to Die: Euthanasia Push Continues Promised Safeguards Not Working By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, JULY 17, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Euthanasia advocates continue to press their case in spite of suffering several recent defeats, including a January vote … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MORAL RELATIVISM, SUICIDE | Comments Off