A Quebec man, Stephan Dufour, has been acquitted of assisted suicide charges despite clearly having assisted in the suicide of his 49-year-old uncle, Chantal Maltais. The media coverage is shocking. Mindelle Jacobs says there was no real harm done. Dufour’s …

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Wagner Moura was kind enough to let us know that he’s uploaded video from Andrea’s talk on Thursday. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B6gvvbpJ5g&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAVYW9WGJBo&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJLjV3Zr7g&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MOjC_KivE4&hl=en&fs=1]

That’s what Baroness Warnock — an eighty-four year old UK government adviser and leading British moral philosopher — believes: The veteran Government adviser said pensioners in mental decline are “wasting people’s lives” because of the care they require and should …

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