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[cid:004401ceaa70$50bfa8c0$4b00a8c0@alex4sd6w1ko36] Dear Friends: September 5, 2013 1. The September 2013 newsletter<http://www.epcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/143-Sept-2013-RGB.pdf> of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is online now. Link<http://www.epcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/143-Sept-2013-RGB.pdf>. 2. The Quebec government is debating the euthanasia bill (Bill 52), this fall and it announced that it will have hearings. I published the following article: Euthanasia is out-of-control in Belgium: Quebec's euthanasia bill (Bill 52) is based on the Belgian law<http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/09/euthanasia-is-out-of-control-in-belgium.html>. 3. Euthanasia Symposium 2013<http://www.epcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/newspaperAd.pdf> is at the Renaissance Marriott hotel in Toronto on November 8/9. Link<http://www.epcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/newspaperAd.pdf>. * Registration for the Euthanasia Symposium is: $149 (regular) or $129 (students or people with disabilities). * Book your room for $119 at the Marriott hotel for the Euthanasia Syposium up to October 18><http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=Euthanasia%20Syposium%5Eyyzbr%60esnesna%7Cesnesnd%60119.00-249.00%60CAD%60false%6011/6/13%6011/10/13%6010/18/13&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes>. * EPC has also organized a "Leadership Forum" for November 8. If you are interested contact us at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. * A donation of $129.00<http://www.epcc.ca/contact-us/donate/> will allow a student or a person with a disability to attend the Euthanasia Symposium. 4. A recent study found that requests for euthanasia in Belgium are only refused 5% of the time<http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/08/requests-for-euthanasia-in-belgium-are.html>. 5. Amy Hasbrouck wrote a review of the Stratford Festival play - The Thrill<http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-thrill-review-of-stratford-festival.html>. 6. Julie Grimstad wrote an excellent article: POLST: What is it and why should you oppose it<http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/09/polst-what-is-it-and-why-should-you.html>. 7. EPC is asking people to sign the Declaration of Hope <http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/01/declaration-of-hope.html> in response to the Quebec euthanasia bill. EPC is working to defeat Bill 52 in Quebec, respond to the Rasouli<http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2012/12/rasouli-case-strange-case-to-prove-point.html> and Carter <http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2012/06/responding-to-disturbing-decision-by.html> cases, prepare for the launch of EPC-Europe in November and respond to the spoon feeding case<http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.ca/2013/08/british-columbia-court-to-hear-spoon.html> in British Columbia. EPC requires your financial support<http://www.epcc.ca/contact-us/donate/>. We still have $20,000 to pay on the bill for the Carter case that was heard by the BC Court of Appeal. The Carter case seeks to decriminalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. EPC has just surpassed 6000 "likes" on facebook. EPC can be followed on Twitter<https://twitter.com/EuthanasiaPC>, on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Euthanasia-Prevention-Coalition/138827297524>, and we started a YouTube channel<http://www.youtube.com/user/EPCInternational>. Thank you for your support [cid:004501ceaa70$50bfa8c0$4b00a8c0@alex4sd6w1ko36] Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director [cid:004601ceaa70$50bfa8c0$4b00a8c0@alex4sd6w1ko36] ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.