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WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cardinal Seán O'Malley of Boston, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, warned of an "alarming trend nationwide" after Vermont legalized physician-assisted suicide, May 20. He called for "all people of good will to fight the future passage of such laws." "I echo Bishop Matano of Burlington in calling this a tragic moment for Vermont. It is also a sign of an alarming trend...

An overwhelming majority of Albertans believe dying adults should have the right to request to end their life, according to new research from the University of Alberta. U of A researcher Donna Wilson led the team that studied the views of 1,203 Albertans on assisted suicide, currently illegal in Canada. A majority—77.4 per cent—felt dying adults should have the right to end their life early. "Increasingly, there are countries or states where they are allowing assisted suicide or...

New guidelines offer expanded advice for veterinarians on preferred methods SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) published the 2013 edition of the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals. Led by a 13-member panel, more than 60 experts--including veterinarians, animal scientists, behaviorists, physiologists, psychologists and an ethicist--deliberated more than three years to create the 2013...

DENVER, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Immediately following the legislative defeat of HB 1032, Heather Surovik and Personhood Colorado filed an amendment to ensure that all victims of homicide are considered persons. The Brady Project was created after Heather's son was killed by a drunk driver, who was already a four-time offender. Surovik and her family were told that although Brady was near delivery, the driver could not be charged with vehicular homicide because...

Homicide moves through a city in a process similar to infectious disease, according to a new study that may give police a new tool in tracking and ultimately preventing murders. Using Newark, N.J., as a pilot case, a team of Michigan State University researchers led by April Zeoli successfully applied public health tracking methods to the city’s 2,366 homicides between 1982 and 2008. They found the killings were not randomly located but instead followed a pattern, evolving from the...

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Park, a high-profile activist and minister who was tortured by the North Korean regime in 2009-2010 will be releasing his first full-length album before the end of this year. Park made world headlines when he crossed illegally into North Korea in 2009 as a protest calling for an immediate end to well-documented mass atrocities taking place in the country's prison camps; where up to 250,000 innocents, one-third of whom are children,...

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses genocide prevention symposium WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new poll commissioned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum finds that 67 years after the Holocaust, Americans believe genocide is still very possible, yet preventable, and they would like to see the US government play a major role in stopping it from happening around the world. Americans expressed support for a range of strategies for...

Keynote Speaker U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Featuring Chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council Christopher Kojm, and CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, July 24, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations and CNN, will present a symposium exploring the challenges of preventing genocide in the 21st Century. The symposium will be webcast live at...

“What people are afraid of is dying badly rather than actually dying”. Iñaki Olaizola has observed how Basque society feels about euthanasia and the process of dying, and how the perception has changed since the 1970s. For this purpose, he interviewed all kinds of people and has been able to conclude that the fear of dying badly is widespread. In his thesis, defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), he stressed the need to guarantee a dignified death by means of...

This Thanksgiving holiday, youth members of Rocket21 (the new social network where kids explore amazing possibilities for their lives and futures) will expand their knowledge of global issues and social justice while giving thanks and engaging in philanthropy, through a partnership with i-ACT, (whose innovative technology fosters interaction between genocide victims and their supporters). San Francisco and Redondo Beach, CA (PRWEB) November 23, 2011 This Thanksgiving holiday, youth...