New Zealander Sean Davison helped his cancer-ravaged mother end her life, he was charged this week with doing the same for a disabled friend – and now South African authorities suspect he has assisted with more deaths. Continue reading
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Court gives win to euthanasia activist
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015Auckland-born Dr Davison served five months’ home detention in Dunedin in 2011 for giving a lethal dose of morphine to his mother, Dr Pat Davison, to relieve her pain when she was dying of cancer at the age of 85. Last week, a South African High Court judge ruled that a doctor could legally help Read more
Legal euthanasia kills justice for all
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
As the spokesperson of a Catholic bioethics centre, there are some who discount my message because of my religious affiliation, rather than on the basis of its merits. It’s a classic case of “playing the man instead of the ball”. As two commentators noted in response to comments I recently made about the dangers of Read more
No case for euthanasia
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
The recent conviction of Sean Davison has revived the euthanasia debate. In an article in the New Zealand Herald, John Kleinsman argues that there is no case for killing society’s most vulnerable members. He argues that “the ‘right to die’ could become a ‘duty’ to die”. Read John Kleinsman’s article Image: Voxy.co John Kleinsman Read more