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The French government has banned a video that portrays the lives of children with Down syndrome in positive terms. “The video features a number of young people from around the globe telling about their lives. Their stories reflect today’s reality of living with Down syndrome and aims to reassure women who have received a prenatal diagnosis. Their […]

Here is a link to a very good article by Richard Doerflinger some of the serious problems with the DC bill that would allow assisted suicide in our Nation’s capital. Don’t Let Assisted Suicide Come to the Nation’s Capital  

Here is a link to a lifesitenews story on Colorado’s approval of Proposition 106, the “Colorado End of Life Options Act.” Colorado is now the 6th state to allow physician assisted suicide. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/colorado-assisted-suicide-vote

Here are links to two articles discussing today’s vote by the DC City Council. The Council still must vote on the law in 2 weeks, and so this isn’t settled yet. http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2016/11/d-c-council-votes-to-legalize-physician-assisted-suicide-mayor-urged-to-veto-b21-38/#.WBkSVPzrvIU DC City Council Votes to Allow Physician-Assisted Suicide. That’ll Change Us All, for the Worse.

Here is a link to a very good essay by Robert McFarland written to mark National Down Syndrome Awareness month. Here’s his conclusion: “Those of us blessed by the love of someone with an extra twenty-first chromosome look forward to October. It provides us with an opportunity to push beyond clinical diagnoses. Our message is […]

Here’s a very good blog post from Alex Schadenberg on the welcome criticism of the all-too-common practice in Belgium of euthanizing the mentally ill. http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2016/10/criticism-of-belgium-policy-of-euthanizing-the-mentally-ill/#.WBC4q_zrvIV

In the National Right to Life News, Dave Andrusko reports on two recent editorials opposing Proposition 106.  Here’s the conclusion of one of the editorials: “Death with Dignity” sounds like compassion. Evil is often disguised as good. Few among us want dying patients to suffer needlessly against their will. This ill-conceived proposal is not the […]

On October 14, 2016 the 9th Circuit upheld a California law that forces pro-life resource centers to promote abortion. Here’s a report from Lifesitenews, https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/court-rules-california-pregnancy-centers-must-promote-abortion Here’s a quote from Matthew Bowman from Alliance Defending Freedom, who argued the case for the pro-life centers: “It’s bad enough if the government tells you what you can’t say, but a […]

Here’s a link to an upcoming conference at BYU Law School. The conference is this Friday October 14, 2016. The conference, which will address “Assisted Suicide: Impacts Upon Families and Society,” is sponsored by the Marriage & Family Law Research Project of BYU’s law school and by the Ave Maria Law Review.  Selected papers will be published by […]

Here’s a link to a great profile of Teresa Collett. ‘Retaining Teachers’ Event at Wilder Foundation