Editor’s note. The following was written by Alex Schandenberg, executive editor of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.

Scottish parliament massively rejects euthanasia bill by a vote of 85 to 16. Congratulations to all the people in Scotland and the UK, especially the Care Not Killing Alliance, for the defeat of the Margo MacDonald euthanasia bill in Scotland.
This is a phenomenal victory. Link to my blog article for more information: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/12/scottish-parliament-rejects-macdonald.html

Many articles have referred to this bill as an assisted suicide bill. This bill would have legalized euthanasia in Scotland which means this bill would have given physicians the right to directly and intentionally cause their patients death by lethal injection.

Our supporters need to realise that we are on a roll. In January 2010, an "Oregon Style" assisted suicide bill was defeated in New Hampshire by a vote of 242 to 113. On April 21, the Canadian parliament defeated Bill C-384, a bill that would have legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide by a vote of 228 to 59. Last week, a bill that would have legalized euthanasia in South Australia was defeated by a vote of 12 to 9. Yesterday, a bill that would have legalized euthanasia in Scotland was defeated by a vote of 85 to 16.

There is still much work to do.

In Quebec, the government Dying with Dignity commission is still seeking input from its citizens. The Quebec commission preliminary document gives us much cause for concern. We are concerned that the Dying with Dignity commission in Quebec intends to turn a blind eye to the Canadian euthanasia law creating a state of lawlessness in Quebec. We have much work to do. The Living with Dignity group in Quebec working to change the direction of the government commission. Link: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/08/living-with-dignity-is-groups-message.html

In Vermont, Peter Shumlin, the newly elected democrat Governor, has stated that he intends to legalize assisted suicide in Vermont in 2011. In fact the assisted suicide lobby in the United States have targeted Vermont and are planning to funnel the strength of their national resources into Vermont. For more information, link to my blog article:http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/11/assisted-suicide-lobby-targets-vermont.html

In the UK the assisted suicide lobby has established the Commission on Assisted Dying. This is a commission that is being operated by the death lobby and is composed of pro-assisted suicide members. This is a sham but may sway many people. Lin to my blog comment: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/11/commission-on-assisted-dying-in-uk-sham.html

In Canada, Robert Latimer has now gained full-parole in his second degree murder conviction for the euthanasia death in 1993 of his daughter Tracy, who lived with cerebral palsy. Link: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/11/robert-latimer-is-granted-full-parole.html.