JOIN LIFE LEGAL for a webcast featuring Bishop Robert Barron and Pastor Rick Warren discussing why assisted suicide is wrong and how to cope with
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Assisted Suicide, End-of-Life Issues, Life Legal
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet three heroes in the fight against the legalization of assisted suicide: 30-year-old former U.S. Marine JJ Hanson,
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Assisted Suicide, End-of-Life Issues, Life Legal
From the family of Alex Pierce: It is with a broken heart that I write that Alex has passed away this morning. All continued donations
Life Legal seeks medical personnel willing to provide independent evaluation… Thirteen-year-old Alex Pierce, brain-damaged in Loma Linda Medical Center, faces tests and medical rulings that
Israel Stinson was transferred out of Kaiser Medical Center this weekend!!! He has been taken to another hospital and is currently receiving care. To protect
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Advance Medical Directives, Denial of Appropriate Medical Care, End-of-Life Issues, Fighting for Life, Life Legal, Press Releases
Life Legal appeared in federal court yesterday in the case of Fonseca v. Kaiser Permanente on behalf of two-year-old Israel Stinson. Israel’s parents are seeking a preliminary
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Cases, Denial of Appropriate Medical Care, End-of-Life Issues, Fighting for Life
ROSEVILLE, Calif., May 11, 2016 – The following is a statement from Jonee Fonseca, Israel Stinson’s Mother: It has been well over a month now
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Denial of Appropriate Medical Care, End-of-Life Issues, Fighting for Life, Press Releases“Physician’s Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment” (POLST) forms were designed as a tool for end-of-life planning. More simple in concept than an advance health care directive,
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End-of-Life IssuesLast April I attended a community forum on the topic of “Health Care Decisions at the End of Life,” conducted by medical professionals from a
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Active Euthanasia, End-of-Life IssuesIn the late 1990s, LLDF became involved with its first of many cases in which health care providers attempted to remove food and fluids from
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Active Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, End-of-Life Care Considerations, End-of-Life IssuesIs a person declared brain dead really dead, or only “pretty dead”? In the wake of several recent heart-wrenching situations that have made the news,
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End-of-Life Issues, In The Public SquareDana Cody Imagine your child undergoes surgery and never regains consciousness. Imagine that just before surgery, your child told you “I’m scared, Mommy. I’m afraid
Wesley J. Smith Back when the mess that is Obamacare was working its way through the legislative sausage factory, warnings about “death panels” almost derailed
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End-of-Life Care Considerations, End-of-Life Issues(click here to read Part I) “Don’t ‘dump’ patients …” In Marin County, most Medi-Cal patients receive their primary care through an organization known as
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Active Euthanasia, End-of-Life Issues