Assisted Suicide: The Social Justice Perspective from #LPJ17
Assisted suicide has been on my mind ever since Washington DC took steps to legalize the act in 2016. The fact that it wasn’t on my radar...
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- Feb 6, 2016
- 6 min
Suicide By Another Name: The Destructive Reality of Euthanasia
The etymology of euthanasia, when translated from Greek, means “good death (1).” In our present debate on euthanasia in the United...
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- Feb 13, 2014
- 4 min
Belgium's Child Euthanasia Laws
The Jahi McMath legal battle at Children’s Hospital Oakland over a brain-dead 13-year-old provides a stark contrast to a law passed...
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- Aug 2, 2013
- 2 min
The Connection Between Euthanasia and Eugenics
BY NATALIE GRONHOLM In my last blog post about euthanasia, we briefly touched upon the different types of euthanasia. Here we will delve...
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- Jun 3, 2013
- 1 min
What Is Euthanasia?
BY NATALIE GRONHOLM Euthanasia is a tough topic to talk about in today's society. Euthanasia, which is always murder, but sometimes also...
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- Jan 3, 2013
- 3 min
Narrow Victory over Physician-Assisted Suicide Measure in Massachusetts
BY MARY STROKA Apart from debates about the presidential election, several individual states' voters faced other controversies on ballots....
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- Mar 30, 2012
- 13 min
The Lives and Times of Marjorie Walker: A Short Story
BY SARAH TERZO It was a dull, gray morning when Marjorie Walker drove into the parking lot of North Ridge Women's Center and parked her...
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- Dec 20, 2011
- 15 min
Respect for Life: The Consistent Life Ethic in Catholic Social Teaching
BY JULIA SMUCKER Life issues, in any form, have typically proven divisively controversial in general public discourse, and they have been...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 6 min
What is the Consistent Life Ethic?
BY NICHOLAS NEAL We often hear partisan pundits criticize their opponents for the opponents' inconsistencies about killing people. We...
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