Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics
Powell Center IndexHealthcare Rationing Involuntary Euthanasia by Providers Advance Care Planning Legalizing Direct Killing Starvation & Dehydration Will to Live Project
The Powell Center for Medical Ethics is dedicated to the memory of longtime NRLC Vice President Robert Powell, a Texan with a disability who served as a pro-life champion in leading the struggle to protect the lives of people with disabilities and older people from euthanasia. The Powell Center for Medical Ethics serves as NRLC’s arm in fighting to protect the vulnerable born from both direct killing and denial of lifesaving medical treatment, food and fluids. (Read more about Robert Powell)
Since its beginning in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee has been as active in striving to protect older people with disabilities from euthanasia and infanticide as in working to protect unborn children from abortion.
Highlights from the Powell Center:
National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) urges Congress to oppose H.R. 3, the so-called “Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019” -- December 9, 2019
To view or download a PDF version of this letter, click here.
NRLC Scorecard Advisory on H.R. 849 (repealing IPAB) -- October 31, 2017
National Right to Life Urges Action on IPAB -- October 2, 2017
Report: The Affordable Care Act and Health Care Access in the United States - March 6, 2014
Release: National Right to Life Releases New Report Examining the Effect of the Affordable Care Act in the United States - March 6, 2014
Analysis: Texas Bill Would Force DNR Orders Against Patient Wishes [PDF] - May 13, 2013
Texas Bill Would Strip Patients of Their Rights - February 11, 2013
LIFE AT RISK: How the Obama Health Care Plan Will Ration Your Family's Medical Treatment [PDF] - November 2012
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Robert Powell (1950-1995)
National Right to Life Vice-President
1991-1995
