British Section of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life

“Rita Marker, a lawyer out of Steubenville, Ohio, has researched and written extensively about the foundations who fund the right to die groups pushing euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in the United States. Rita states that private foundations are critical players in promoting societal changes. They also supply the money for the studies used in advancing an ideology. This is fact. Just follow the money trail.

“On the other hand, according to Peter Singer, the controversial bioethics professor at Princeton University, the traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments.”

Every word of this article by Karen Ward, RN in the North Country Gazette (USA) is worth reading. Here are some more extracts:

“According to Rita Marker, major public policy shifts and public attitudes arise from advocates and activists with the idea and donors who fund them… George Soros and his project on death in America (PDIA) is a typical example… large foundations have the money and the ability to influence Congress and State Legislatures. The Robert Ward Johnson Foundation also endorses assisted suicide care at the end of life. These foundations also fund research and advocacy groups who initiate and establish societal change and in return they supply millions of dollars for election campaigns…

“They used the health care field, politicians, and even the elderly to attain their goal. One group they could not use were the disability community” (emphasis ours).

A characteristic of the pro euthanasia groups supported by those funds is a regular change of name. “Since incorporated in New York State in 1938, Choice in Dying has changed names at least three times. The Euthanasia Society of America changed to Society for the Right to Die (1975) to National Council on Death and Dying (1991) and to Choice in Dying (1991).” In 2005, Compassion and Choices was formed by consolidating Compassion in Dying and End of Life Choices. This has led to a dramatic increase in members and influence.

“In 2000, Choice in Dying began ‘evolving into a new organization’, called Partnership for Caring,” which then “partnered with Last Acts. They eventually ceased to exist. Choice was the first and most heavily funded of all such groups receiving grants from Nathan Cummings, Robert Wood Johnson and the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundations.

“Since Partnerships for Caring no longer exists, they no longer have a web service. However, if you click on their web page, you are redirected to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation.”

The development of “End of Life Care” in Britain needs to be watched with a wary eye.