tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91049846169247480622024-03-26T09:02:49.217-07:00South AfricaA non-profit corporation opposed to assisted suicide, euthanasia and other forms of imposed death, worldwideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104984616924748062.post-86607380357755066502018-09-20T10:41:00.000-07:002020-05-28T13:08:15.663-07:00Euthanasia Society President Charged with Murder of Disabled Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sean Davison, a New Zealand citizen who was convicted of assisted suicide in Dunedin, <a href="https://ewn.co.za/2018/09/19/sean-davison-might-have-committed-assisted-suicide-offences-before" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">appeared</a> in a South African court on Wednesday on a <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/assisted-death-doctor-could-face-multiple-murder-charges-17147559" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">murder charge</a>.</div>
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The charge is in relation to the death of Anrich Burger, 53, who became a
quadriplegic after a motor vehicle accident in 2005. He was not
terminally ill.<br />
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In 2014 the accused <a href="https://www.health24.com/Medical/Depression/News/How-I-helped-my-friend-to-die-20141013" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">told <i style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">News24</i></a> how he <a href="https://www.health24.com/News/Public-Health/Euthanasia-prof-helps-Health24-CyberDoc-die-20140923" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">helped Mr Burger</a>, a close friend of his, end his life with lethal drugs in November the previous year.</div>
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Mr Burger’s fiancé was not present nor informed of the plan, since she did not support assisted suicide or euthanasia.</div>
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<a href="https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/i-have-not-committed-any-offence-euthanasia-advocate-sean-davison-20180919" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">After pleading not guilty</a>, Mr Davison was released on R20,000 (about NZ $2,050) bail. He is scheduled to appear in Court again on 16 November.<br />
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<a href="https://ewn.co.za/2018/09/19/sean-davison-might-have-committed-assisted-suicide-offences-before" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">The State alleges</a> that the murder was premeditated and that new information suggests that the accused may have committed other similar offences.</div>
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In 2011 Mr Davison was <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/6025813/Son-sentenced-for-helping-mum-die" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">sentenced</a> to five months’ house arrest in Dunedin after pleading guilty to counselling and procuring his mother’s suicide.</div>
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Mr Davison, 57, is the president of the World Federation of Right to Die
Societies, the international organisation of which the New Zealand End
of Life Choice Society (formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society), is a
member.</div>
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“Not all quadriplegics want to die, but those who do want to, should have the option,” <a href="https://www.health24.com/Medical/Depression/News/How-I-helped-my-friend-to-die-20141013" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">said Mr Davidson</a> after his speech at the Federation’s Conference in 2014.</div>
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On its website the Federation supports euthanasia and assisted suicide
for “all competent adults with incurable illnesses” – not only those
with terminal illnesses and six months to live.</div>
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“Mr Davison’s words and actions demonstrate that ‘assisted dying’
advocates don’t really want a narrow law limited to terminal illness,
but one that would eventually allow virtually any competent adult with
an incurable condition to be eligible, including people with
disabilities,” says Renée Joubert, Executive Officer of <a href="https://euthanasiadebate.org.nz/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Euthanasia-Free NZ</a>.</div>
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The <a href="https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_74307/tab/submissionsandadvice" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c4b9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">End of Life Choice Bill</a>,
which is currently before the New Zealand Parliament’s Justice
Committee, proposes legal assisted suicide and euthanasia for people
with terminal illnesses or other “grievous and irremediable medical
conditions.”</div>
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“Disabled people would be included under both clauses of David Seymour’s
Bill,” says Ms Joubert. “Terminal illness involves disability. So do
many other longstanding physical and mental conditions.”</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104984616924748062.post-35316425620979031622016-12-06T10:24:00.000-08:002024-01-04T16:37:58.924-08:00Dore Evidence Prevails<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear supporters of Margaret Dore and <a href="http://www.choiceillusion.org/" target="_blank">Choice is an Illusion</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today 6 December 2016, the South
African Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned the lower courts
authorisatin of euthanasia decision. The euthanasia side filed an
affidavit from an Oregon pro-assisted suicide doctor activist arguing
how well assisted suicide was being implemented in Oregon. Margaret Dore
filed an <a href="http://www.margaretdore.org/p/south-africa-dore-expert-witness.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">affidavit</span></a> rebutting these claims.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ultimately the court ruled that
faced with complex conflicting claims about the situation in foreign
juristictions, it could not decide on the question of whether assisted
suicide/euthanasia was being implemented well or not overeas - but left
the matter in substantial doubt and affirmed that given our
socio-economic context the probably of problems in South Africa was
greater than overseas. The point is though that I think Margaret Dore's
evidence at</span><br />
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causing the court to refuse to admit the evidence of the assisted
suicide lobby and categorise it as a mixture of facts, claims and
hearsay which they could not sift through. At best it forms the basis
for their finding that the risk of abuses & problems would be
greater in South Africa and thus a hasty pro-euthanasia decision of the
lower court could not be supported. . . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please continue investing in the
work of Margaret Dore, which is having an impact beyond your borders. It
likely South Africa may have another court case next year or in future
and the input of Margaret Dore may be helpful again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yours sincerely,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Philip Rosenthal</span><br />
Euthanasia ExposedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104984616924748062.post-62275167152034189362016-04-25T10:39:00.000-07:002020-05-28T13:19:13.677-07:00Dore Expert Witness AffidavitBelow, an excerpt from
the expert witness affidavit of Attorney Margaret K. Dore, filed in the
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, SCA Case No: 531/2015.
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">The Oregon and Washington Acts</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">12.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">The
Oregon and Washington "Death with Dignity Acts" legalize
physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia as those terms are traditionally
defined. See memo, pp. 2-3 (regarding
definitions) at "MD."</span><br />
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act went into effect in 1997.
Washington's act, which is modelled on Oregon's act, went into effect in
2009. Both acts were passed by ballot
measures in which voters were promised that "only" the patient would
be allowed to administer the lethal dose. There is, however, no such language in either act. See
memo, pp. 10- 12 at “MD2,”and
article at “MD4.” Indeed, both acts
allow someone else to administer the lethal dose to the patient, which is
euthanasia. Id.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">14.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">Under
the Oregon and Washington acts, "eligible" patients can have years,
even decades, to live. See: memo, pp.
5-7 and Dr. Toffler's declaration. ("MD2"
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Oregon and Washington acts are stacked against the patient. Reasons for this include the following: (a) a
patient's heir, who will financially benefit from the patient's death, is
allowed to actively participate in signing the patient up for the lethal dose; and
(b) once the lethal dose is in the house, there is a complete lack of oversight
over administration ("even if the patient struggled, who would
know?") See memo, "MD2<b>"</b> at pages 7 to 14.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">16. </span><span style="text-indent: -56.7333px;">Another
example is the requirement that the death certificate report a natural
death caused by a terminal disease. See memo, pp. 15-16. The
significance is legal inability to prosecute criminal behaviour, for
example, in the case of an outright murder for the money. Id. The cause
of death, as a matter of law, is a terminal disease." Id.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">17. The
falsification of the death certificate to reflect a terminal disease also
contributes to a lack transparency, as do other Oregon and Washington
practices. See "MD2" through "MD9."</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -42.55pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">17. <b> Oregon's Act does not require
"self-administration." </b></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">Ms. Jackson's affidavit </span><span style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">p.8,
paragraph 22 says that the patient "must be able to self-administer . . .
the life-ending medication." Dr.
Reagan's affidavit, p. 5, paragraph 14, makes this same claim. There is no such requirement in Oregon's act,
which does not even use the term, "self-administer." See my memo, “MD2”, at pp. 11-12.</span></div>
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"dying." </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">Ms. Jackson's affidavit, p. 8,
paragraph 23, says that the
"option" (meaning assisted suicide)
is "only available to dying patients." Consider also, Dr. Reagan's affidavit, p. 3,
which refers to assisted suicide/euthanasia as "aid in <u>dying</u>," "medical aid in <u>dying</u>" and "physician assisted <u>dying</u>." (Emphasis added). As noted [previously], there no
requirement that patients be "dying." "Eligible" patients may have years, even decades, to
live. See my memo, “MD2”, at pp. 5-7 and Dr. Toffler's declaration, "MD</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">20."<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> . . .</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">20.</span><b style="text-indent: -42.55pt;"> </b><span style="text-indent: -42.55pt;">It
is my hope that the material that I have provided will be of assistance to the
Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa in its determination of the appeal. Please let me know if you would like me to
provide additional information at another time.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA"> <u>/S/</u> _____________________________</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA"> M</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">ARGARET K. DORE, ESQ., MBA</span></b></div>
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