I was Right: No Media Coverage of Study Showing Assisted Suicide for People with Few Symptoms
Intrepid readers of SHS will recall that I wrote about a study--based on interviews with family members--showing that some patients received lethal prescriptions before experiencing serious symptoms--out of worry about future potential pain or loss of dignity. This flies right in the face of advocacy from assisted suicide promoters that legalization is needed as a "safety valve" to protect against unrelievable suffering.
I predicted that unlike the bogus study claiming that there had been no abuses in euthanasia or assisted suicide--which received worldwide press coverage--this study would be ignored by the media. I was right: You can hear the crickets chirping. After a Google search I found zero stories letting people know that Oregon doctors write lethal prescriptions for people who are not experiencing serious symptoms of their diseases.
Labels: Media Bias
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 11:23 AM
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3 Comments:
I know this post is about MEDIA BIAS, but I think the practice of giving death pills to people without symptoms shows a strong belief in what you call "rational" suicide by those prescribing the means of death. It's disturbing to think that some doctors have that mindset. I hope it isn't wide spread. I certainly hope this media blackout on this story doesn't indicate a sympathy toward "rational" suicide.
Thanks for Culture of Death and Forced Exit. It's a gift to all of us no matter how much it costs.
Thanks, Don. The media's attitude toward the ghoul Kevorkian shows where their sympathies lie. If they can work to make him look benign, they can justify anything.
Nobody ever thinks about the other side of it - if this person had lived, might new drugs be available to help her combat her sickness, to keep her going longer, live a better, fuller life, and let her be at peace without pain? Might new therapies not be developed that can make her more independent and able to do things on her own?
I keep thinking about the little Canadian girl, Tracey (spelling? anyone?) who was murdered by her father (the fick suck is out on parole now, how's that for a spit in the eye from the judicial system of Canada?). She was an intelligent little girl who went to school and wasn't in any pain. If she had lived, who might she have become? And people up there freakin' *symapthize* with this guy??
Y'know, the only people who are pro-euthanasia are the ones who don't want to be burdened with having to take care of someone who needs the care. It's a wonder any of these aftshafts are willing to be parents at all - or is the eighteen years of raising a child somehow different from having to take care of granny? Because after a certain age you can boot the kid out? If that's what people are striving for, or if that's what they're thinking of when they complain about the burden of their kids, why the hell are they having them at all?!
I imagine that someone, after all the starry-eyed fantasies about being a mommy come crashing down during the three am feedings and the smelly diapers, may feel that any additional burden would be too much, but for goodness sake, if you're still willing to look at the kid who just threw up on your best blouse, say, "Y'know what, I still love you anyway," and just change said blouse, they how much harder is it to look at granny, who just locked your keys in the car for the fourth time today, say, "I love you anyway," and go get a coat hanger.
Dayum.
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