October 27, 2017
IFI Staff
Why is the news media so determined to rebrand suicide, and specifically physician-assisted suicide, as compassionate?
Take the tragic events that unfolded in Joshua Tree National Park last week. After spending a few weeks lost in the southeastern California national park, Joseph Orbeso, 21, shot and killed his girlfriend, Rachel Nguyen, before killing himself.
Nguyen’s uncle called Orbeso’s deed “an act of compassion,” a claim parroted by many media outlets in their reporting on the story. Family members speculate...
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