SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, September 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - One of the many arguments against euthanasia, widely held by activists and medical professionals alike, is the fear that legalized physician-assisted suicide will result in a "slippery slope effect" resulting in the coerced suicide of vulnerable individuals. A new study which will be published in the October issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics is purporting to have put that objection to rest by proving that, in areas where euthanasia has been legalized, there has been no such "slippery slope" effect. The research was lead by University of Utah professor, Margaret Battin known as an expert in the 'ethics' of suicide and a prominent supporter of physician-assisted suicide. Battin's curriculum vitae is a laundry list of works pertaining to the legalization and 'morals' of euthanasia.
According to the research team, the purpose of the study was to determine if there was a significant increase in the death of any particularly vulnerable demographic such as the elderly, minorities, children or those who suffer from a chronic illness following the advent of legalized euthanasia in both Oregon and the Netherlands.
Euthanasia Critics Challenge Pro-Euthanasia Study Research Methods
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Hyannis, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Two weeks ago, a Massachusetts woman may have died from an abortion at an abortion business in this southeastern city. The unnamed woman apparently died after suffering hemorrhaging caused by an abortion obtained at Women Health Center in the Cape Cod town of Hyannis.
It appears that abortion practitioner Rapin Osathanondh, did the abortion that may have caused her death. He made headlines in 2001 when he threatened to kill staff members because of misplaced paperwork.
Woman May Have Died From Botched Abortion at Massachusetts Facility
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