Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Disability is no justification for murder

There are many stories of disabled people who have died at the hands of family members, and so often the media uses terms like 'compassionate homicide' or 'mercy killing' to describe the actions. But the killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder, writes Stella Young.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-03/young-kyla-puhle-death/4930742

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