Colorado Doctor Steered Anorexia Patients Towards Assisted Suicide | EWTN News Nightly

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A Colorado doctor admits she has steered anorexia patients toward assisted suicide. In an interview with the Colorado Sun, Internal Medicine Specialist Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani said her patients 100% understood the implications of their decisions. Gaudiani went on to say "mental illness does not mean that somebody deserves to lose their rights or be infantilized or be looked down upon." Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Alex Schadenberg, joins to share his thoughts on this story. Anorexia is at its core a mental illness. Schadenberg tells us what he says to this claim that mental illness does not mean patients deserve to lose their rights. On a similar note, in Belgium a woman who killed her 5 children in 2007 died by euthanasia last month. The BBC reports she was granted her wish to die because of her psychological suffering. Schadenberg helps us make sense of this. Euthanasia for the mentally ill is also in the pipeline in Canada where Schadenberg lives. The accommodation was originally set to begin this month, however it's been pushed back. Schadenberg explains the latest on this measure. He fills us in on what else he was following. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf