{"id":181744,"date":"2018-04-25T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T16:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=181744"},"modified":"2018-04-21T18:59:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T22:59:03","slug":"documentary-assisted-suicide-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/documentary-assisted-suicide-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Flaws: Documentary examines dangerous implications of assisted suicide laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Next month, DunnMedia and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) are set to release a groundbreaking documentary that examines the dangers assisted suicide laws pose for vulnerable patients.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hawaii-sixth-state-assisted-suicide\/\">six states<\/a> and the District of Columbia have passed assisted suicide laws, and many other states are considering such legislation. Around the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/belgium-euthanizes-first-minor-child-new-law\/\">Belgium<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/netherlands-mentally-ill-assisted-suicide\/\">Netherlands<\/a> have some of the most expansive assisted suicide laws. In recent years, Canada has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epcc.ca\/press-releases\/\">enacted<\/a> assisted suicide legislation, and many other countries are debating whether to follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/fatalflawsfilm.com\/\">Fatal Flaws<\/a> is a documentary examining how these laws affect the lives of real people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/89YQubAyRrI\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With the continued spread of assisted suicide legislation, there are more personal stories showing the effects of these laws. The stories show the inherent dangers of laws that sanction what before now was legally homicide. Fatal Flaws director, Kevin Dunn, and his team traveled around the world to interview people on both sides of the issue. Leaders of the euthanasia lobby are having second thoughts in the face of shifting cultural attitudes toward euthanasia; family members and survivors have witnessed the oversights in assisted suicide laws that put people at risk for deadly discrimination and abuse. In sharing these different perspectives, Fatal Flaws offers an unprecedented look at how assisted suicide laws endanger people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>EPC Executive Director Alex Schadenberg explained to Live Action News in an interview, \u201cMany of the stories in the Fatal Flaws film are new stories, never heard before, and the story of Magreet, whose mother died by euthanasia without consent in the Netherlands, is the first story of its kind to be shared with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fatal Flaws is not the first time DunnMedia and EPC have collaborated. In 2016, they made the documentary The Euthanasia Deception, which Schadenberg says \u201cdid very well and was an incredibly professional production but it was limited by the fact that it was clearly an advocacy film opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide.\u201d From the experience of making that documentary, the idea for Fatal Flaws, a film examining the inherent problems with assisted suicide legislation as seen from both sides of the debate, was born.<\/p>\n<p>Director Kevin Dunn\u2019s passion for the subject matter is well known, so DunnMedia and EPC were logical partners for this second documentary interviewing advocates on both sides. The team found stories from people in many different countries, offering a broad perspective of the issues.<\/p>\n<p>In interviewing assisted suicide advocates, the filmmakers had some disagreement about language. Dunn wrote on the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fatalflawsfilm.com\/2017\/10\/15\/from-the-director\/\">blog<\/a>, \u201cTo be clear, the pro-euthanasia lobby cringes when I use words like \u2018murder\u2019 or \u2018killing\u2019 in my interviews.\u00a0One group asked me not to use the term \u2018assisted suicide\u2019 as it might offend. One national broadcaster didn\u2019t want me using the term \u2018euthanasia.\u2019\u201d Despite this pushback, the team refused to use euphemisms. Schadenberg explained, \u201cThe euthanasia lobby wants to distort language enabling them to confuse people about what euthanasia actually is. We simply take the position that accurate language is necessary to convey the reality of euthanasia and assisted suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/crowds-flock-assisted-suicide-machine\/\">READ: <em>Assisted suicide machine puts occupants to death with the click of a button<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reality is that euthanasia is a form of homicide. Schadenberg elaborated, \u201cThe act constitutes one person killing another person. Calling it aid in dying only confuses what it actually is. Assisted suicide is a form of suicide. When a doctor provides a lethal prescription to a patient for the purpose of suicide, then it is assisting a suicide. That is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another important aspect of the film is examining how assisted suicide laws become increasingly expansive. Assisted suicide activists insist that the laws that have been effect the longest, namely Oregon\u2019s and the Netherlands&#8217;, have not changed and therefore cannot be said to introduce a slippery slope. However, recent <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/report-oregon-assisted-suicide-law-loophole\/\">studies<\/a> show that the laws were crafted with imprecise language that allows for a broadening understanding of who qualifies for assisted suicide and even involuntary euthanasia. Schadenberg told Live Action News, \u201cThe euthanasia lobby states that there is not a slippery slope because the Dutch law has not changed, but in reality the interpretation of who qualifies under the Dutch law has incredibly expanded. Therefore the incremental extensions occur, not because the law changed, but because the law used undefined language, and the meaning of that language, over time, has expanded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The premiere screening of Fatal Flaws will be <a href=\"https:\/\/fatalflawsfilm.com\/\">May 8 in Ottawa<\/a>, and the team is currently scheduling screenings in other cities. The Euthanasia Deception had hundreds of screenings, and several people who saw the film changed their mind about supporting euthanasia. Fatal Flaws will likely have similarly powerful results, and the team hopes that thousands of people will watch it. Schadenberg told Live Action News, \u201cThe whole purpose of these films is to present a message that is not being presented by the regular media and to change the hearts and minds of those who watch the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Fatal Flaws and screening the film in your area, visit the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fatalflawsfilm.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next month, DunnMedia and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) are set to release a groundbreaking documentary that examines the dangers assisted suicide laws pose for vulnerable patients. In the United States, six states and the District of Columbia have passed assisted suicide laws, and many other states are considering such legislation. 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