Top blog articles on euthanasia and assisted suicide published over the past 5 years.

This blog has now been online for more than 5 years.

When I started the blog I did not know the impact or importance that the blog would have and I did not know how to maintain and operate the blog. 

The first blog article published was: The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition response to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba Statement on Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment (March 18, 2008). This blog article received a significant number of hits which confirmed that we should continue.

The blog should be the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition blog, but since the blog began as an experiment it was named after myself. 

At first we did not publish regular comments/articles. 

Barbara Wagner

On June 8, 2008 we published a blog article concerning the story of Barbara Wagner in Oregon that received an incredible number of hits. The article was titled: Woman in Oregon offered assisted suicide instead of medical treatment.

On October 8, 2008 we published the article titled: Depression and Physician-assisted suicide analyzing the study by Linda Ganzini concerning the "supposed safeguard" designed to protect depressed people in Oregon from assisted suicide. This article brought the blog to a new level of reader response.

Many of the blog articles have received significant national and international attention. The following is a list of the top 10 articles published on this blog since its inception in order of the number of hits.

1. Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Recipe for Elder Abuse and the Illusion of Personal Choice that is written by attorney Margaret Dore February 17, 2011.

2. Euthanasia is out-of-control in the Netherlands September 25, 2012.

3. Belgium euthanasia study finds that nearly half of all euthanasia deaths are unreported December 4, 2011.

4. Nitschke continues to promote Nembutal sales over the internet June 22, 2010.

5. Declaration of Hope January 17, 2013.

6. Suicide/Asphyxiation Exit Kit company raided by FBI May 26, 2011.

7. Euthanasia Poll: What do the people of Quebec really want November 22, 2010.

8. Bill to outlaw euthanasia by dehydration passed by Italy’s lower house July 13, 2011.

9. Oregon Suicide rate soars after legalizing assisted suicide September 12, 2010. 

10. Dr Phil show features woman who wants to euthanize her adult children with disabilities April 16, 2012.

The next list represents some of the more recent articles that are not among the top 10 blog articles because they are new and still being regularly read. I expect that one or more of these articles will soon enter the top 10 list.

1. Responding to the disturbing decision by Justice Smith in the Carter case June 20, 2012.

2. Trisomy 18 is not a Death Sentence. The story of Lilliana Dennis May 29, 2012.

3. Belgian twins euthanized out of fear of Blindness January 14, 2013.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is having significant success distributing the book: Exposing Vulnerable People to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide written by myself. 

Exposing Vulnerable People uncovers the data proving that the unreported euthanasia deaths and the abuse of the euthanasia laws in Belgium and the Netherlands, not only occurs but represents a documented threat to vulnerable patients.  

Order Exposing Vulnerable People for $20.00 at: Exposing Vulnerable People to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. Link.

Thank you to the many people who regularly read the blog and provided feedback. I hope that the blog will continue to provide the information that people need to protect people from euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Alex Schadenberg

Executive Director & International Chair

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Contact us at: info@epcc.ca