May 21, 2013

New evidence that patients in ‘Permanent Vegetative State’ may be consciously aware

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A method of communicating with brain damaged patients who appear to be in a permanent vegetative state has been discovered by scientists in the UK and Belgium and reported in the Lancet online today, 10 November. Out of sixteen patients diagnosed … [Read more...]

New review highlights positive benefits of marriage

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The Family Education Trust has just highlighted a report from the Institute of American values which is of huge relevance here given that the government intends to undermine the distinctiveness of marriage by legalizing same-sex marriage. Based … [Read more...]

Opt in or opt out for organ donation? Pressure grows for change

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There have been growing demands this week for the introduction of a system of organ donation across the UK in which everyone is automatically placed on the organ donor register.  This would mean that, unless people specifically opted out, hospitals … [Read more...]

Euthanasia of woman with advanced dementia in Netherlands sounds loud warning to Britain

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A 64-year-old woman suffering severe senile dementia has been euthanised in the Netherlands – even though she was no longer able to express her wish to die. The unnamed woman was a long-term supporter of euthanasia and had made a written … [Read more...]