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Canadian Virtual Hospice promotes euthanasia book for children (Canada)
The Canadian Virtual Hospice is a “platform [that] could address some of the national gaps in palliative care,” The Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Activity Book is available. The branding between the “Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Activity book” and the “Me and My Illness” activity books is similar. If the message being sent with … Read more
OnlyFans, giving more visibility to a certain type of Prostitution (South Africa)
The platform is full of people of all persuasions trying to make a buck in adult entertainment by satisfying watchers’ needs, ranging from those who have foot fetishes to those who are willing to pay women to wear the outfit they choose for them for the day. The line is very grey as to whether … Read more
A possible way out of porn addiction (USA)
A new study done by psychologist Stephen Sammut and published in Frontiers in Psychology, highlights the dangers of pornography addiction and offers a way out of it. According to Sammut a focus on higher-level cognitive faculties can override the cravings from our lower brain which ultimately spur porn consumption. It is crucial to focus recovery … Read more
Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;’ Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’ (USA)
The pro-transgender advocates do not want to know, said McHugh (psychiatrist), that studies show between 70% and 80% of children who express transgender feelings “spontaneously lose those feelings” over time. Also, for those who had sexual reassignment surgery, most said they were “satisfied” with the operation “but their subsequent psycho-social adjustments were no better than … Read more
Child porn on the rise (South Africa)
Lieutenant, Colonel Heila Niemand revealed that child pornography is becoming increasingly common in South Africa. Approximately 150 000 images of explicit child content were seized from people who also intended to create and distribute more child porn. In her testimony, Niemand said police had received countless leads daily of South Africans possessing, distributing or creating … Read more
Young Adults Misunderstand Porn as a Help Manual to Have Sex (India)
According to a study by Emily Rothman a professor at Boston University, published in the journal ‘Archives of Sexual Behaviour’, young adults prefer pornography as their most helpful source of information on how to have sex. The bad news is that young adults are misunderstanding the purpose of porn. Most free, online pornography is there … Read more
“Medical aid in dying”: debate in the British Parliament (England)
Following a petition signed by “more than 155,000 people” calling for the legalization of “assisted death” for “mentally competent and terminally ill adults”, British MPs debated this subject on Monday July 4. Proposals are “in progress” in Scotland. Tonia Antoniazzi, Labor MP for Gower, who for her part underlines the “underfunding” of palliative care. As … Read more
MAID Primarily for Well-educated and White Patients Diagnosed with Cancer (USA)
Researchers at Rutgers School of Public Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey analyzed data from each of the 5,329 patients across the U.S. who died from medical aid in the 23 years after Oregon became the first state to legalize it and found one demographic dominates the group: well-educated, white patients with cancer. More than … Read more
Understanding why patients request euthanasia when it is illegal (USA)
Why do patients in palliative care units request euthanasia when they know it is illegal? Euthanasia requests appear to be a willful means to remove oneself from the impasse of an existence paralyzed by suffering. It creates a space for discussion. Firstly, the study showed that patients requesting euthanasia within a PCU were unaware of … Read more