Should anyone be eligible for medical assistance in dying?
"Choosing Death: Assisted Dying, Assisted Suicide, Murder – Who Decides?"
Should the power to decide be granted to everyone when it comes to medical assistance in dying? A recent Canadian survey sheds light on the attitudes towards euthanasia and assisted dying, revealing startling st ... Show More
Oct 7
Are the Christmas stories history — or legend?
The birth narratives of Jesus contain some of the most famous stories in Christianity: the virgin birth, angels and shepherds, the Magi, the star of Bethlehem and Herod’s massacre of the innocents. But did Matthew and Luke actually intend their readers to believe these events hap ... Show More
1h 11m
Oct 7
Is Christianity making a comeback? Pat Allerton on faith, atheism and the search for meaning
Pat Allerton joins Luke Martin to explore the growing openness to Christianity, the search for meaning and why faith may be returning to the cultural conversation. From science and the resurrection to anxiety, healing and his own dramatic conversion, Pat makes the case for why Ch ... Show More
1h 15m
Dec 2021
The Sunday Debate: Assisted Dying Should Be Legalised
Autonomy, dignity and compassion. We wish to experience these things in our lives, so why shouldn’t we experience them in our deaths? That’s the argument made by those who support a change in the law to legalise assisted dying in the UK. People who are suffering intractably, they ... Show More
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<p>Ellen Wiebe is a physician who helps seriously ill patients end their lives in Canada, where assisted suicide is legal. Is death a human right?</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES: </strong><ul><li><a href="https://news.ubc.ca/expert/ellen-wiebe/">Ellen Wiebe</a>, clinical prof ... Show More