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Physician-Assisted Aid-in-Dying: A New Front in the Culture Wars?

The End-of-Life Debate Heats Up
Posted on June 24, 2011 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A new front in the so-called culture wars may well be forming. All the factors are there:  a vast disparity of opinions reinforced by geographic and cultural segregation, passionately-defended religious mores pitted against the social and economic motives of those … Continue reading →

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The Legal Progress of Aid in Dying

Does an Election in Vermont Suggest a Changing Political Reality?
Posted on May 6, 2011 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

There are a handful of issues in American politics that consistently enflame passions, aggravate divisions, and defy solutions. Debates over the death penalty, abortion, and Second Amendment protection call into question our basic understanding of life and its relation to … Continue reading →

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