Word: euthanasias
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...president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) argued that legislation for abortion "on demand" will "lead to euthanasia" for aged and handicapped people during a debate with the executive director of a National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) last night in Emerson Hall...
Moreau justifies publication on the grounds that the right to commit suicide is inalienable and that the book only furnishes the "means to execute" it. That's an argument shunned by even most euthanasia societies, several of which quietly produce and selectively distribute similar booklets. The two authors, Claude Gillon and Yves le Bonnied, are more sensible. They refuse all interviews. They know, after all, that they can legally get away with printing the book; France has no laws against aiding suicide. Legally, the authors are sitting pretty, and it will undoubtedly take time for even the most passionately angry...
Taylor takes the tack that Haider is a victim of flattery, subtle intimidation and an inordinate love of the uniform. Out of the emotional stress accompanying his mother's senile dementia, Haider has written a pro-euthanasia novel. It conies to the Fuhrer's attention, and Haider admits to "the surge of pride in me! Reading that scrawled sentence in Adolf s shaky hand-It said: 'Written from the heart...
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Ordinarily one tends to suspect movies that veer too radically from the intent of their original sources. But Whose Life remains true to the highest purpose of the play: to set forth with honesty, passion and wit the arguments for and against euthanasia. That one so intensely wants the Dreyfuss character to change his mind is a tribute to the actor's unquenchable vitality, and for many it may make the film more poignant. Who can doubt that it is more touching-and discomfiting-to see a man commit a good and valuable spirit to a wrong cause than...