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  • Canada: “Death doula” raising funds for euthanasia

    A Canadian “death doula” is aiming to raise money to fund her personalised euthanasia and assisted suicide service in Ontario.

    Founder and Executive Director of Journey Home for Empowered Living and Dying, Renee Moor, a so-called “death doula”, said her organisation is looking to raise $500,000 to move to a new place that can accommodate a “sanctuary”, where people can die by euthanasia or assisted suicide in “private, home-like rooms”.  A death doula is a person who acts in “a non-medical role and as a supporter/guide/advocate in end-of-life care”.

    Moor explained that the sanctuary is “a place where death is not a medical event”, adding that hospitals are “a bit more institutionali[s]ed” and “not everyone wants [an assisted suicide or euthanasia] experience in their home”.

    Moor wants to open her sanctuary in Ontario, a place that made headlines last year after members of a key assisted suicide and euthanasia review committee found that vulnerable people were facing “undue influence” and “potential coercion”. Some members of the committee said that discussing assisted suicide and euthanasia with socially vulnerable people may “confirm an impression that their life is not worth living”.

    Earlier this year, Ontario GP Dr Ramona Coelho, a member of the committee, said Canada’s euthanasia and assisted suicide programme was “out of control”, adding “I wouldn’t even call it a slippery slope. Canada has fallen off a cliff”.

  • Gen Z Trumpers Want Children

    Gen Z male Trump supporters view “having children” as the most important indicator of “success,” according to a new poll from SurveyMonkey and NBC News.

    The survey of nearly 3,000 young adults age 18-29 asked a series of questions about politics, work, and life goals. 34% of the male Trump voters ranked having children as the very top measure of success, with many of those preferring financial independence or stability ranking having children second.

    The question about what it means to have success highlighted differences not just between liberal female voters and male conservatives but also between young male Republicans and young female Republicans.

    Respondents were able to pick their top three choices from a list of 13 measures of success. “Where the cultural differences between Gen Z men and women get particularly stark is when the breakdown includes who they voted for in the 2024 election,” NBC News noted in an analysis article.

    Female Harris voters picked “having a job or career you find fulfilling,” the most, followed by “having enough money to do the things you want to do,” and finally, “having emotional stability.” Note the survey included a separate option, “achieving financial independence” which is similar to “having enough money do the things you want to do.”

    Among their least chosen answers were “being married” and “having children.”

    Female Trump supporters did not rank having children, and thus a family, as high as their male counterparts. 

    The top six answers for female Trump supporters were: “Achieving financial independence,” “having a job or career you find fulfilling,” “owning your own home,” “being spiritually grounded,” and “having enough money to do the things you want to do.” Last among the top six was “having children,” highlighting a split even between conservative Gen Z’ers.

    Despite that, Republican Gen Z women are much closer to their male counterparts than they are to young Democrat women. 26% of female Trumpists rated having children as the top measure of success, against the mere 6% among Harris-voting women, and 9% among her make supporters.

    The news spells big long-term demographic trouble for liberal-left America. Political leanings are heavily influenced by genetics and family upbringing, so voters of a particular persuasion tend to have children who follow in their political footsteps. Liberal, atheistic America is simply being outbred by Christian conservatives. Long may it continue!

  • Woke Charity Rejects Disabled Boy

    The bigotry of the woke left has been exposed again. A disabled boy has been rejected from an activity camp in Scotland after his mum objected to using ‘preferred pronouns’ on the booking form.

    Over the Wall Camp (OTW), a Derby-based charity, rejected the boy’s application shortly after a phone call in which the mother insisted “biology cannot be changed” and refused to register her eight-year-old son’s ‘gender identity’.

    In 2021, a judge ruled that believing someone cannot change sex is a protected belief under the Equality Act.

    The charity claims that the child was rejected due to his mother being “aggressive” in expressing her views on the phone, not because of her beliefs about biological reality.

    However, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed an internal report which explained: “Based on the conversation, it is clear that [the mother’s] views on gender and inclusivity do not align with the values we uphold at Over The Wall Camp.

    “We will be making the family unsuccessful for this year’s camp due to the lack of alignment with our inclusive environment.”

    We expect the boy's mother to challenge this outrage through the courts - and win!

  • "Kill the Homeless"

    A euthanasia doctor personally responsible for euthanising over 400 of her patients, has suggested that being motivated to end your life due to concerns about housing should be accepted as a legitimate reason for euthanasia in Canada.

    In an interview with the Daily Mail last month, Dr Ellen Wiebe, one of Canada’s most prolific providers of state euthanasia, said “In some situations, I will actually ask: ‘If you could have better housing, if you could have better services, would you want to live longer?’ And you know, some would say ‘yes’”.

    “Does that mean that person should not have rights? No. They should still have the right to make this decision [to end their lives by euthanasia or assisted suicide]”.

    Wiebe went on to say that she soon expects Canada to extend euthanasia and assisted suicide to teenagers who are thought to be terminally ill. “I’m surprised we haven’t yet had a 17-year-old with terminal cancer insist on their rights. When it happens, a judge will agree – I have no question about that”.

    The eligibility criteria for Canada’s assisted suicide and euthanasia programme have rapidly expanded since the original legislation was passed in 2016. In 2021, the Canadian Parliament repealed the requirement that the natural death of those applying for assisted suicide be “reasonably foreseeable”. In 2024, legislation was introduced so that euthanasia and assisted suicide would be legal on the grounds of mental health alone in March 2027, a move which Wiebe supports.

    Wiebe’s comments come after revelations that a number of poor and vulnerable Canadians are ending their lives by assisted suicide or euthanasia due to concerns about socioeconomic circumstances.

    The first official report on euthanasia and assisted suicide in Ontario, Canada: the ‘MAiD Death Review Committee Report’, in which 16 experts from various disciplines reviewed MAiD deaths in Ontario, found that vulnerable people face “undue influence” and “potential coercion”. Some members of the Committee said that discussing assisted suicide and euthanasia with socially vulnerable people may “confirm an impression that their life is not worth living”.

    Wiebe, who described her role in administering euthanasia as “the most rewarding work [I’ve] ever done”, has made headlines with her zeal for euthanising her patients.

    In 2022, the New Atlantis journal obtained video recordings and accompanying presentations of several meetings of doctors and medical professionals who administer euthanasia in Canada, which took place between 2020 and 2022. In one of these recordings, Wiebe drew attention to the phenomenon of ‘doctor-shopping’ where, if one doctor judges that a person is not eligible for euthanasia, the person can keep searching for a doctor who will approve the request.

    In particular, Wiebe discussed the case of one man who was not deemed eligible for euthanasia since he was judged not to have the “capacity to make informed decisions about his own personal health”. However, this same man was put into contact with Wiebe who decided that this man did fulfil the criteria.

    “And he flew all by himself to Vancouver”, she said. “I picked him up at the airport, […] brought him to my clinic and [I euthanised him]”.

  • "Abandonment" Euthanasia in Canada

    Canada’s euthanasia and assisted suicide programme has created “a system of structural abandonment” where loved ones are dying because of “unmet medical or social needs”, according to two members of the Chief Coroner of Ontario’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Review Committee (MDRC).

    Dr Ramona Coelho, a family medicine practitioner and adjunct research professor, and David Shannon, a Canadian lawyer and disability and human rights activist, published an expansive article criticising Canada’s euthanasia and assisted suicide programme based on their extensive experience as part of Ontario’s MDRC.

    The two insiders said that “Canada’s experience with MAiD has become a cautionary tale of how legali[s]ed euthanasia and assisted suicide can erode into a system of structural abandonment”, to the extent that it has become the “default response to unresolved suffering driven by poverty, disability, mental illness, and social isolation”.

    Euthanasia was first legalised in Canada in 2016 for those who may have had a reasonably foreseeable natural death as a result of a medical condition. This legislation was expanded in 2021 so that an individual’s death did not have to be reasonably foreseeable to access MAiD, known as Track 2.

    Criticising the expansion of the eligibility criteria, Coelho and Shannon said “[N]early half of Track 2 MAiD deaths involved suffering from loneliness or isolation, while almost half indicated that they felt like they were a burden”.

    “Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee (MDRC) found most Track 2 recipients were low-income and 61 per cent were women, a group statistically more likely to attempt suicide yet recover with care. Less than half received mental health or disability supports and less than 10 per cent received housing or income assistance”.

    They added “MAiD providers have described ending lives where suffering due to poverty, loneliness, or obesity was driving the request for MAiD”.

    Coelho and Shannon are calling for the abolition of Track 2, to “[r]emove the pathway for persons whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, including those with physical disabilities and mental illness”.

  • Doctors Rake in Abortion Blood Money

    Doctors in Ireland are wallowing in blood money for butchering babies. They are receiving an average of €21,029 extra per year in taxpayers’ money for providing abortions, according to new data from the Irish Parliament.

    Based on responses to Parliamentary Questions submitted by Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins, it has been revealed that doctors who were reimbursed for abortion consultations received an average of almost €430,000 per month of taxpayers’ money for abortion consultations from January to May 2025. Since an average of 245 doctors consulted on abortions each month, this would mean that, according to the new data from Parliament, each doctor would receive €21,029 on average per year for their role in facilitating abortions.

    Dr Dermot Kearney, an Irish cardiologist, responded by calling the situation “a national disgrace”, whilst Eilís Mulroy, spokesperson of Pro Life Campaign, said “Many people will find it unseemly that abortion has become such a profitable activity, particularly given it’s subsidised by our taxes”. 

    “Many people in Ireland are making ends meet on an annual salary” of less than €21,029, she continued, whereas some doctors could receive this “as a top up on their regular income just for offering abortion pills. If there are negative consequences for the woman, the doctor simply refers them to a hospital”.

    Mulroy reserved specific criticism for telemedicine home abortions, which were introduced during the pandemic “to allow for remote consultation”. 

    She said “With the advent of telemedicine, a GP doesn’t even have to have an in-person consultation with the woman. Instead, they can have a short phone call with the woman, make basic provisions for her to collect the mifepristone and misoprostol pills, and claim for €450”.

    “All the money that’s being poured into the Irish abortion regime, which racks up tens of millions of euro[s], would be better served providing women in unplanned pregnancies with genuine supports”.

    “Well in excess of €50 million in taxpayers’ money has been spent on abortion provision in Ireland since the new law took effect in January 2019”, Mulroy said.

  • NHS Cash for LGBT Events

    The subversion of Britain with taxpayers' money continues apace. The NHS has come under fire for providing almost £2 million towards staff events, some of which promoted LGBT causes.

    According to Freedom of Information requests from the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA), more than 1,000 events were held by a variety of staff networks at 80 trusts between 2022-24. Overall, £1,834,005.60 was given in funding, but it is unknown how much was spent.

    NHS staff attended events including ‘Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling’ at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust, and ‘pride crafting’ at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

    Joanna Marchong, Investigations Campaign Manager at TPA, said: “Taxpayers will be dismayed to see NHS trusts pouring more money into staff networks year after year, while waiting lists spiral and junior doctors strike over pay.”

    An NHS spokesman stated: “Many staff events – including ones highlighted here – are run at no or very low cost, but where employers do invest in staff it is important that care is taken to ensure it represents good value for taxpayers’ money.”

    In June, employees at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust criticised a ‘Pride calendar’ distributed by the trust’s LGBT network. The 36-page booklet covered topics such as polyamory, drag and same-sex marriage.

    One hospital female employee said: “Why should an individual’s sexuality or kinks be not only brought into the workplace but actively promoted and forced on staff? Following the Supreme Court ruling, it is incredibly insensitive and hostile to be trying to ‘educate’ staff on these issues.”

    The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has also come under criticism for spending £458,121 on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) roles since 2023. In addition, £8,937 was spent on membership to Stonewall’s controversial ‘Diversity Champions’ scheme.

  • Edinburgh 'Shooting Gallery' Meets Resistance

    Proposals for a drug consumption rooms in Edinburgh have been met with backlash, with MSPs calling it the ‘wrong approach’.

    The sites, proposed by the city’s Integration Joint Board (IJB), are located in Edinburgh Old Town; on the Cowgate and on Spittal Street. They were chosen for their proximity to areas with a high concentration of drug-related deaths.

    The first experimental drug consumption room, Glasgow’s The Thistle, is a Scottish Government-funded shooting gallery open seven days a week, and has effectively been declared a ‘prosecution-free drug zone’ by the Lord Advocate. It is still in its pilot stage.

    A consultation will be held, likely early next year, for locals to have their say on the proposals. Christine Laverty, the IJB’s Chief Officer, noted: “Such a public consultation will attract substantial attention and raise both hopes and fears within different communities.”

    Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, wrote in the Edinburgh News criticising the proposals as “spending unknown amounts of public money on something to make it easier for addicts to stay hooked.”

    She continued: “What they need is rehab to get them off drugs, not the means to keep them in a stupor.”

    Annie Wells MSP posted on X: “State-sponsored drug use isn’t the answer. After Glasgow’s experience, another drug consumption room in Edinburgh is the wrong approach. SNP must focus on prevention at the source and back our Right to Recovery Bill.”

  • Vatican Celebrates LGBT, Snubs SSPX

    The Vatican continues to officially recognize the pilgrimage of pro-LGBTQ groups on its Jubilee website, even after it dropped a reference to the pilgrimage of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).

    The Vatican’s Jubilee 2025 website currently lists on its calendar the Pilgrimage of “La Tenda di Gionata” (“The Tent of Jonathan”), a heterodox Italian LGBTQ group that has claimed that Scripture does not condemn homosexual relationships.

    The pilgrims will be joined for Jubilee events by Outreach, a pro-LGBTQ group founded by the dissident Father James Martin, SJ, according to the organization’s website. According to the Outreach website, these events “are an official part of the Jubilee celebrations.”

    A program detailing the pilgrimage’s concluding Jubilee events in Rome, shared by Disclose.tv, shows the events will kick off on September 5 with the “international meeting” entitled “Listen to the experiences of LGBTQ Catholics.” That evening, a “rainbow cross” will be presented during a prayer vigil at the Piazza del Gesù in Rome by “ a group of LGBT + pilgrims and their parents.”

    The pilgrimage wraps up at St. Peter’s Square, where the pilgrims will join Pope Leo XIV for the Angelus. According to The Pillar, the LGBT events are supported by the Italian bishops’ conference as well as the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits.

    While a spokesperson previously claimed the events’ listing on the Vatican Jubilee website did not indicate Vatican endorsement, the recent removal of a reference to the SSPX Jubilee pilgrimage seems to indicate that it is in fact a tacit endorsement of the LGBTQ group.

  • Scottish Birth Rate Slumps

    18,710 babies were aborted in Scotland last year, the highest on record according to Public Health Scotland. The abortion rate per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 rose to 17.9. Meanwhile, the birth rate has slumped to the lowest since records began. The Scots are eliminating themselves!

    According to new data from the National Records of Scotland, a mere 45,763 live births were registered in 2024, 172 fewer than in 2023. This is the lowest birth rate since 1855, marking yet another decrease in the country’s fertility rate from 1.27 to 1.25. 1855, by the way, is when records first began to be kept.

    As the BBC put it: “The NRS said that for a population to replace itself, if there is no migration, the total fertility rate needed to be around 2.1. It said the overall numbers reflected ‘long-term changes in our population.’” But there seems to be little interest in discussing what those “long-term changes” mean if these trends continue, as it seems likely that they will. Keep in mind that these changes are happening even as the stillbirth rate is also the lowest recorded, and the infant death rate fell to 3.5 per thousand live births.

    The report included a few other grim statistics, as well. In 2024, there were 16,528 more deaths in Scotland than births. Scotland has now had more deaths than births each year for a decade. Fifty years ago, most women had babies in their 20s. Now, for the past 15 years, most babies are born to mothers over thirty. Over half of babies—51.7%—were born out of wedlock.

    Meanwhile, Scotland—like the rest of the United Kingdom—actually funds, with taxpayer money, both abortion and birth control. It is difficult to conceive of a more suicidal social policy than paying for the elimination and prevention of the next generation, but it is unquestioned and unquestionable political orthodoxy that to do so is a necessity. Why? Because in practice, fewer children appears to have been the de facto goal of successive governments for a very long time, despite all their garbled noises to the contrary.