Compassion in Hemlock

Right-to-die groups plan to merge next year, writes Don Colburn of the Oregonian. Denver-based End-of-Life Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) and Compassion in Dying of Oregon will merge to form Compassion and Choices. Plans for a drive-through death service have not been announced.

Euthanasia = Kevorkian?

Wesley Smith thinks so.

Updated: Howard Brody Offers an Apology

The Oct 5th Lansing, MI City Pulse offers a look into Howard Brody's changed thinking on the right to die. This is a great piece, written as only Brody can, that comes out of a previous column he had written on eugenics. Those reading about Schiavo and disability will be very interested. New: readers who found the Brody piece here let the MCW listserv crowd know about it, starting another rant-a-thon there; e.g., Wesley Smith praised Brody (albeit for sharing his own position).