Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the the Third International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Vancouver, Canada. The event was organised by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Canada and its Executive Director Alex Schadenberg (pictured) has filed this report which is available on both his own blog and Life Site news. I reproduce it here:
In the News
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June 11th, 2011
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June 11th, 2011
Earlier this week it was revealed that a controversial BBC documentary to be shown on Monday will depict a man dying at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.
Since the announcement of the documentary, which will be fronted by author Sir Terry Pratchett, the debate has raged over assisted suicide and whether the BBC is right to show the death.
Below Geoff Morris, a terminally ill multiple sclerosis sufferer, explains his uneasiness over the programme.
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June 10th, 2011DUBAI // A 40-year-old tourist who insulted Islam and called the Prophet Mohammed a terrorist was fined Dh3,000 yesterday.
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June 10th, 2011A tragic case reported from Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-13694156 http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/8/767/HMA-V-INETA-DZINGUVIENE where a new born baby boy was killed by his mother one day after birth. The mother got 15 years imprisonment and the judge described what she had done as "wicked" and "dreadful" (which of course it was).
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June 10th, 2011A London council has appealed for gay couples to help make up the shortage in foster carers in the capital.
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June 10th, 2011Christians have expressed their concern over calls by a Muslim cleric for the Bible to be banned in Pakistan.
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June 10th, 2011
Here at EPM, one of the ministries we have the privilege of supporting is Make Way Partners. Through the hope of the gospel, MWP goes to the most vulnerable and least protected to end human trafficking and sexual slavery.
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June 10th, 2011A Christian mental health worker has been sacked after passing colleagues a booklet warning of the physical and psychological damage some women suffer after an abortion.
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June 10th, 2011Eritrean Christians fleeing persecution in their homeland are facing imprisonment, torture, beatings and sexual assault in Egypt, reports Barnabas Fund.
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June 10th, 2011We asked Will Stuart-Lee, Head of Communications at Christian Concern, for some introductory comments about their work. He stated,