Newsletters

Table of Contents for PHA Monthly Newsletters,
and links to all of them

Note: Many editions of PHA Monthly include Case in Point and Announcements of upcoming conferences and events.
 

May 20, 2023 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: The Mindset of Mercy
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Simon’s Law
• Case In Point: If Peter had received the proper care, would he still be with us?
• Meet a PHA Partner: Hospice Patients Alliance

May 30, 2022 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: Sisters of Life newsletter about true compassion
• A Reality Check on Assisted Suicide in Oregon
• HOMES OF LIFE ACROSS AMERICA: A New Pathway of Care for the Elderly, Sick, and Terminally Ill
• Case In Point: What if…?

April 19, 2021 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: The PHA Supports Conscience Rights for Healthcare Practitioners
• Update on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
• UNDER ATTACK! Conscience Rights:
  Healthcare Providers’ Right to Refuse to Kill
• Case In Point: An Imposed Death in Hospice

March 24, 2020 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: It’s Time to Take Action!
• Conference Report: Wonderful Presentations and Excellent Information!
• The Golden Rule Revisited by Edwin Leap, MD
• Update on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
• Case In Point: No penalty for Dutch doctor who committed involuntary euthanasia
• Terri Schiavo Remembered

February 23, 2019 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: An Important Conference on March 4, 2017
• Dignity at the End of Life: From Suffering to Hope — Meet the Conference Speakers
• Unexpected Recovery

January 18, 2018 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: Assisted Suicide Restricts Choice
• Quinlan: First “Right To Die” Case’s Far-Reaching Consequences
• CASE IN POINT: Who will be encouraged to consider assisted suicide?
• Update on Assisted Suicide

December 12, 2017 Newsletter

• In memory of Mary Jones (hospice patient with achievements)
• Prenatal Partners for Life
• A Sibling’s Perspective (on Peter Kellett)
• Ohio Passes Bill Making Assisted Suicide a Felony

November 22, 2016 Newsletter

• Update on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
• Letter to Editor: “I overheard the doctor giving my husband a sales pitch for assisted suicide”
• Questions And Answers Regarding Assisted Nutrition And Hydration
• California Nurses For Ethical Standards
• A Patient Advocate’s Story: Saving A Life From Four States Away

October 4, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Editor's Desk: Considering Some Consequences of Government-Sanctioned Assisted Suicide
• Update on Assisted Suicide
• Great Resource: Physician Assisted Suicide Fact Sheet
• Case In Point: If only we had known
• Announcement: Conference in Texas
• New Video Addressing End-Of-Life Questions Released

August 25, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Chairman's Desk: Conscience Rights Need Legal Assistance
• Conscientious Objection, Conscience Rights, And Workplace Discrimination   by Nancy Valko
• Conscience Rights, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, And More   by Nancy Valko
• Conscientious Investing: An Important Pro-Life Responsibility
• Case In Point: Belgian Wheelchair Racer Considering Euthanasia After Taking Home The Gold
• New Video Addressing End-Of-Life Questions Released

June 24, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: Let’s insist on truth in labeling
• Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Update
• Case In Point: A Trisomy 18 Story
• Just To See Him Smile   by Margaret Pole
• The APNEA Test: Used to Determine “Brain Death,” It Can Cause Death   by Paul A. Byrne, M.D.

May 12, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: Fourth Anniversary of Pro-life Healthcare Alliance
• When Going To Die Becomes Supposed To Die   by Jennifer Warner
• Assisted Suicide Update
• Life Is Always Worth Living   by Adam Crouch
• June 15th Is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• Unexpected Recovery: recovery after “hopeless” diagnoses

April 20, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: Acceptance of Medical Killing Opens Doors to Things Even More Sinister
• A Letter To My Doctor Not To Kill Me
• Euphemistically Called Aid in Dying, But Really Permission to Kill   by Karl Benzio, MD
• Case In Point: Misdiagnosed And Overdosed, Grandmother Rescued From Hospice

Mar 23, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: Organ Donation: A Few Facts to Consider
• From the Chairman’s Desk: Opposing Assisted Suicide in Minnesota
• Assisted Suicide Update
• Minnesota Bill “Stacked Against Patients” is Tabled
• Case In Point: Hastened Death in Hospice Facility

Feb 26, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: PHA Referral Network Case
• From the Chairman’s Desk: Introducing the new Chairman of PHA
• Quality of Life (by Mark Davis Pickup)
• Last Stand (by E. Wesley Ely, MD)
• Unexpected Recovery

Jan 15, 2016 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: The ethics guiding medical practice are undergoing a drastic change
• Palliative Care: A Physician’s Perspective Informed by Christian Faith and Traditional Professionalism
• CASE IN POINT: Texas, a State Where Patients’ Wishes Don’t Matter

Dec 4, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: Combating Change Agents Who Are Transforming Health Care into Death Care
• Assisted Suicide Update
• We Must Not Exclude the Spiritual
• Unexpected Recovery

Oct 16, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: POLST and Other Health Care Advance Planning Strategies
• Her last three words were ‘Water, water, water’
• Rest in Peace Maggie Karner, Champion for Life

Sept 25, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: Is It Too Late?
• Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
• Update on Assisted Suicide
• Unexpected Recovery

July 23, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Editor’s Desk: Silencing Conscience
• Update: Woman saved from euthanasia
• Unexpected Recovery
• Our Grandson was Saved by an Adult Stem Cell Transplant

June 25, 2015 Newsletter

• Assisted Suicide VS Our Fundamental Conception of the Value of Human Life
• From the Chairman’s Desk: Opposing Assisted Suicide in California
• CASE IN POINT: My Brother Don (by Julie Grimstad)
• Attorney slams California suicide bill

April 24, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: The Culture Wars Are Over?
• Activist promotes assisted suicide based on her decision to force her mother to continue medical treatment
• The Call (by Ron Panzer)
• Building a Culture of Life, One Student at a Time: ALL’s Culture of Life Studies Program

March 26, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: Abortifacient Effect of Plan B Confirmed
• Update on Assisted Suicide in the United States
• Unexpected Recovery: Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro
• Medical Discrimination Against Disabled Children

February 20, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: Canadian Supreme Court’s dreadful decision
• Non-Brain Death Organ Donation: Part Two
• An Unforgettable Pro-life Nurse: Joyce Terry, RN, BSN (1923-2014)

February 6, 2015 Newsletter

• The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to protect people from assisted suicide

January 23, 2015 Newsletter

• From the Chairman’s Desk: I Will Not Serve! I Will Not Be Served!
• New Feature: Unexpected Recoveries
• Non-Brain Death Organ Donation: Part One
• “Non-heart beating organ donation” and the “vegetative state”

December 19, 2014 Newsletter

• “Pro-Life” Hospice Care?
• Compassion & Choices has a New Campaign to Reduce Patient Choice: Be Careful What you Sign.
• From the Chairman’s Desk: Defending Life at Risk in a Throwaway Culture

November 25, 2014 Newsletter

• If Assisted Suicide is Legalized, Will Serial Killers Get Away With Murder?
• From the Chairman’s Desk: November 15th Conference a Success

October 24, 2014 Newsletter

• Letter to Canada’s Supreme Court Regarding Assisted Suicide
• POLST: Not as advertised

September 19, 2014 Newsletter

• Assisted Suicide Covered When Treatment Denied
• Befrienders Program begins at Texas parish

August 22, 2014 Newsletter

• An alternative to anti-life coverage found in health insurance
• Suffering: understanding how to respond

July 24, 2014 Newsletter

• Real Death, Real Dignity

May 22, 2014 Newsletter

• Persistant Vegetative States

April 25, 2014 Newsletter

• Rave Reviews for Euthanasia Conference in Des Moines

March 21, 2014 Newsletter

• New Hampshire Assisted Suicide Bill is Dead
• What People Mean When They Say They Want to Die

February 19, 2014 Newsletter

• The Struggle to Be Born and Live: The Plight of the Child Diagnosed with Special Needs
• Loreto on the Plains: The Home that Faith Built
• Suicide Prevention or Assisted Suicide?

January 23, 2014 Newsletter

• Biased “Fact Sheets” May Lead Patients to Refuse Life-Preserving Ordinary Care
• Informed: A guide for critical medical decisions

December 20, 2013 Newsletter

• Embracing the Journey: Providing comfort and support in the final stage of life

November 22, 2013 Newsletter

• Contraception, Abortion, and now Euthanasia: Demographics is Destiny
• Organ Donation Q&A

October 17, 2013 Newsletter

• ObamaCare is to Euthanasia What Roe v. Wade was to Abortion

September 19, 2013 Newsletter

• Preying on the Disabled?
• Florence Nightingale had a vision
• An Invitation to Healthcare Professionals Who Embrace the Culture of Life

August 27, 2013 Newsletter

• Hospice and Palliative Care
• POLST: What is it and why does the PHA oppose it? Part II

July 19, 2013 Newsletter

• Protecting vulnerable patients in Texas
• POLST: What is it and why does the PHA oppose it? Part I
• Response to approval of assisted suicide in Vermont