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No. 70

CONTENTS 

 
  1. ASSISTED DYING BILL
  2. OPINION POLLS
  3. EUTHANASIA "MOTIVATED BY COST"
  4. DR. IRWIN STRUCK OFF
  5. "MERCY" KILLING PLAN CLIMBS OUT OF THE GRAVE
  6. AUSTRALIA BANS WEB SUICIDE TRADE
  7. ABORTION BACK IN PARLIAMENT?
  8. BORN ALIVE
  9. UNFPA ON MATERNAL MORTALITY
  10. RESULTS OF THE EPIPAGE STUDY
  11. CHINESE EMBASSY PROTEST ALLOWED
  12. UNFPA ON MATERNAL MORTALITY
  13. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
  14. DECLINING RATE OF HIV INFECTION
  15. "WHAT'S TRUTH GOT TO DO WITH IT?"
  16. MC BILL IN THE LORDS
  17. MC BILL IN THE COMMONS, APRIL 3rd
  18. TUBE-FED PATIENTS "TOO COSTLY"
  19. SOS-NHS - PATIENTS IN DANGER
  1. BABY CHARLOTTE WYATT
  2. NO CARE WITHOUT CONSENT
  3. SCHINDLER PRIZE
  4. ZOGBY POLL
  5. AWARENESS AND COGNITION
  6. NEW SIGNS OBSERVED
  7. MISSOURI'S MEDICAID CUTS
  8. DEATH IN DERBY
  9. LORD JOFFE'S CONTRIBUTION
  10. CSCI URGED TO ACT
  11. "THE BEST WAY TO END A LIFE?"
  12. THE GRONINGEN PROTOCOL
  13. LINACRE CENTRE ON REPORTING
  14. NEW ZEALAND DOCTORS SHAME THE BMA
  15. DAME CICELY SAUNDER
  16. HOSPICES IN THE USA
  17. UN VOTES AGAINST CLONING
  18. IN RETROSPECT

IN RETROSPECT: Life-Ending. "The French Way?" Oscars attacked. Genetic Testing postponed. Stroke victims denied scans. Diane said no to euthanasia.Living Wills a one-way street in USA, too. Hammersmith Hospital breakthrough? Campaign for sperm donors too dear. Irishwoman to challenge abortion law. 'Abortion bad for women'. Nurse found dead may have killed 23 patients.

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Editorial

The situation is grave. The Mental Capacity Bill of April 05 provides for certain types of euthanasia. It was followed by Leslie Burke's Appeal. The judges declared that where the patient expressed the wish to be kept alive, stopping life-prolonging treatment would "leave the doctor with no answer to a charge of murder". But the Judgment handed down on 28 July 05 denied Leslie Burke the right to food and water when he becomes unable to communicate. His disease will progress until he loses the power to speak and swallow. He is then denied water and nutrition.

The British Medical Association 30 June 05 voted to take a neutral position on the euthanasia issue. Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying Bill is in the offing. It is reported that responses to the British Medical Journal's recent articles on euthanasia have been 5-1 against it. Please be ready to respond to similar articles and news items.

Mary Knowles