OTTAWA, Sept 11 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two polls and a PBS program are promoting the pro-euthanasia cause this week. A PBS program hosted by Bill Moyers called “On our Own Terms” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms commenced Sunday and runs till Wednesday. Catholic Parents Online notes that the program seems like “a glossy infomercial” for physician-assisted suicide. The resources listed on the “On Our Own Terms” website is a catalog of pro-euthanasia groups. Immediately following the program, public meetings are scheduled in every state and major city on “end of life issues.”
Released today in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a Canadian study claims 73 per cent of terminal cancer patients believe that euthanasia or doctor-assisted suicide should be legalized. The study was however based on a small sample size. Seventy terminally ill patients - 32 men and 38 women, aged 43 to 88 - were interviewed between 1996 and 1998. Eighty other patients who were approached about taking part in the study declined. http://www.thestar.com/thestar/editorial/news/20000911NEW02b_EUTHA11.html