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AYS Daily Digest 05/04/21 "What have I done wrong?" Denmark revokes 94 Syrian's asylum statuses and residency permits
Maltese Prime Minister to go to Libya // pushbacks in Greece // 270 people finally arrive in Lampedusa // deportations scheduled from Germany to Afghanistan // and more…
FEATURE: The people behind Denmark's revocation of asylum statuses and residency permits for 94 Syrians
It has been a tough time for Syrians in Denmark with 94 losing their residency permits and asylum statuses, having to come to terms with their seemingly inevitable, forced deportations.
These are some of their stories.
One that has already gone viral on social media is 19-year-old high school student Aya Abo Daher. According to Danish news TV2.DK:
"In 2015, she and her family fled the Syrian civil war and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and until now they have had a temporary residence permit in Denmark. Aya Abo Daher has attended language school, the local primary school in 7th to 9th grade, 10th grade at Nyborg Gymnasium, and now she is three months from becoming an HF student from the school.
But on Wednesday, during a summer house trip with her friends, she was informed that her residence permit has not been extended. 'What did I do wrong? It is not safe for me to come back and I have done my best in Denmark. I felt so alone,' she tells TV 2 Fyn."
In a later post they reported:
"(Daher) has to come to terms with the fact that she has to leave the country.
It strikes Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration Mattias Tesfaye (S) on Friday night in front of TV 2. 'We need to have some principles. The law is equal for everyone, and even if you have started a business or done well or poorly in high school, we have the same rules and they apply to everyone,' he says.
It happens after both SF, Enhedslisten and Radikale Venstre told TV 2 on Friday that they will try to help Aya Abo Daher and her family to stay in the country. But according to Mattias Tesfaye, the government will not 'pick a single case out of the pile' and treat it separately."
In another case, AnneLise Marstrand-Jørgensen provided an excellent but tragic overview:
"It is not only young people from Syria who are deprived of their residence permit these days.
Asmaa and Omar Al Natour originate from Daraa in Syria, where the first protests against Assad regime broke out ten years ago. She was a school teacher, he was an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture and from the beginning they distanced themselves from the violence and oppression.
At their two sons' school, students critical of the regime were forced to spend their days in the so-called 'black space' where torture was on the table.
When the family home was bombed, they fled to the Yarmouk camp south of Damascus. The area was soon cut off from the outside world, /the/ Assad regime closed water and electricity to hit the rebellious residents of the district. Many of you probably remember the violent images from the city's siege — starvation, complete destruction and great distress.
They were both wanted by the regime for their dissent. Their eldest son was called to Assad's army and had to escape before the others. It was only a matter of time when the youngest was also summoned.
The escape was exactly as horrific as we can imagine: Three days on foot through the Algiersian desert, assaulted and robbed of almost everything in Libya, on with a crowded boat to Europe.Great was the relief when they were finally united with their eldest son. They all got asylum, life could just start again. In a country they quickly cared about, a country that set democratic values and human rights high and let them believe that they could finally leave the horrors behind.
Asmaa and Omar and their sons did everything we want refugees to do: they learned Danish. Asmaa started educating, Omar took a truck driver's license and opened a green dealer, the sons found their way through the school system and today read both IT educations. They are happy that everyone in their little family came out with their lives. They are causing the loss of the many family members and friends in Syria that were killed.
At the end of February they received a letter from the Immigration Board. The Danish government is considering that Syria is a safe country again and they are therefore deprived of their residence permit. Their sons can stay in Denmark."
"Asmaa describes it as if the earth disappeared under their feet that day. Omar was admitted with a stroke shortly after receiving the letter. They are both sure it was the shock that triggered it."
"There are many reasons why they can't travel home:
1) They are both wanted by the Syrian regime and will be arrested as soon as they set foot on Syrian soil. When Denmark thinks Syria is a safe country, it is all about bombs and acts of war, while the regime has not been taken into account: atrocities, arrests, torture, disappearances. Or because people like Asmaa and Omar have nothing to return home to. Other than ruins, the poverty of Damascus and the light-living, horrific memories.
2) They have to say goodbye to their sons. Maybe forever. For the sons cannot travel to Syria without being killed. And Syrians do not get a visitor visa to Denmark. Imagine that for a moment: having to never see your children again. Not being there when they finish their education, when they get married, have children. Not being able to eat with them, not being able to embrace them."
"Asmaa and Omar are doing well here. They're on their feet. Now it's all over again. With double force because they thought they were safe. This is how we treat people in Denmark. I know, there are many of us who don't back up."
More stories reported by Danish-American activist Alysia Alexandra:
And we would be remiss if we didn't include Akram Bathiesh's story again:
If any Syrians are deported back to the danger from which they rightfully fled, Denmark will be responsible for the resulting tragedies. Denmark: Syria is not safe. All of these people are contributing to Danish society and will face horror if returned to Syria. AYS will continue to report on these stories as more information becomes available.
"All solidarity from Legal Centre Lesvos with our lawyer comrades in Turkey, on the Day of Lawyers (Turkey), who continue to defend the rights of their clients in the face of escalating state violence and repression, including against leftist lawyers carrying out their professional work. Hundreds of lawyers have been imprisoned in Turkey in recent years, in politically motivated prosecutions and convictions. During their incarceration in 2020, lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytac Ünsal went on hunger strike to protest the unlawfulness of their convictions and to demand a fair trial for themselves and for everyone arrested. Tragically, Ebru Timtik died on the 238th day of her hunger strike. Aytac Ünsal, who was conditionally released by the Supreme Court due to his critical health condition, was arrested again while his medical treatment was still ongoing and remains incarcerated." Photo by Legal Centre Lesvos
MALTA-SEA-LIBYA
270 people stranded in Maltese waters finally disembark in Lampedusa
According to Lovin Malta:
"Three boats carrying 270 migrants in the vicinity of Malta's Search and Rescue (SAR) zone have disembarked in Lampedusa, government sources have told Lovin Malta.
Malta's government was facing serious questions over allegedly leaving the migrants stranded out at sea. One dinghy was carrying 60 people, another 100 people, and the third 110 people.
NGOs Alarm Phone and Sea Watch claimed that Armed Forces of Malta and JRCC were 'actively hindering the rescue of the people, instead of coordinating it.'"
Malta's Prime Minister headed to Libya for "high level" migration talks
According to the Times of Malta:
"Prime Minister Robert Abela and a team of political advisors are en route to Tripoli where they will meet with newly installed Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. This will be the first meeting between the two since Dbeibah was elected to head a transitional government in February.
Topics on the agenda for discussion include Malta-Libya relations, migration, air travel between the two countries, frozen assets, trade, and security in the southern Mediterranean region. Abela will also be meeting with Libyan President Mohamed al-Menfi.
The Maltese government's visit comes just 24 hours after European Council President Charles Michel flew to Tripoli for similar talks. Emphasising that the EU stands by the Libyan people, Michel announced on Sunday that the bloc's ambassador will return on a permanent basis to Tripoli by the end of April. Democratic elections are scheduled to be held in Libya in December."
UPDATE: "Fortunately, the travelers were rescued and brought to #Motril. We are happy to know that they are all okay! We hope they will find safety in Europe." More from Alarm Phone here.
15 tents destroyed in Chios camp fire
On Monday, a fire broke out in what was at the time a calm area, in the Vial camp in Chios. A total of 15 tents were completely destroyed and four were damaged. There is still no understanding of how the fire broke out. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported. More here.
Donations Needed! Find out more here. Photo by No Border Kitchen Lesvos
200 people pushed back from Lesvos on April 2nd
According to a report by ABR, over 200 people were pushed back from Lesvos in five incidents in the early hours of April 2nd. ABR was contacted by several people about these pushbacks. They also report:
"Later the same morning, the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachis, made a public statement, were he accused the Turkish coast guard and Turkish Navy of "accompanying flimsy migrant boats to the border of Europe in an effort to provoke an escalation with Greece", an accusation made without what we can call substantial proof. He based his accusations on two videos released together with a statement from the Hellenic coast guard. The only problem is that the videos do not in any way show or prove what the minister is claiming."
Read in full and see the video evidence here. Mare Liberum e.V. also reported:
Equal Rights Beyond Borders have just provided an update on Detention on Kos is a Common Practice — A court orders the Release of a Woman now
"After Moria burned down in last September, the last Pre-Removal Detention Centre on the Eastern Aegean islands is on Kos. It is huge — a prison that does not end. It is a common practice on Kos to detain persons for several reasons.
Among the most common reason is the detention of persons whose asylum application has been rejected. Such a pre-removal detention is an imprisonment of persons to prepare their deportation.
However, there are no deportations. Greece did not deport a single person to Turkey for more than a year now. This means an incredible number of persons is in limbo. Trapped in between, trapped in detention.
So was the single woman we represented in a court procedure lately.
On March 24, 2021 the administrative court in Rhodes, that is responsible for detention on Kos, ordered the release of our client, J., from the Kos Pre-Removal Detention Centre where she had been detained since January 29th. The order came just one day after we filed objections against her detention. J., who is a survivor of gender-based violence, was detained after she received a rejection to her appeal. When she went to pick up her decision on her appeal, the police forced Josephine to sign a paper in Greek, which she can neither speak nor read, handcuffed her, and then immediately transferred her to the detention centre. When she was first arrested, her lawyer tried to call her, but she couldn't answer because she was still handcuffed."
More than 500 refugees leaving Lesvos on Tuesday
According to Greek media "More than 500 recognized refugees are leaving Lesvos on April 6. The first 406 left by ship last Thursday until yesterday Sunday. Another 117 are scheduled to leave Tuesday. All of them have been granted asylum and are free to move wherever they wish outside Lesvos." More here.
"Do Turkish refugees in Greece have access to asylum?" Journalist Manos Moschopoulos provided an excellent thread on the topic with updated numbers:
"There is a discussion happening online these days after a writer accused our previous government of conspiring to return dissidents to Erdogan. Here are some interesting facts on the matter. According to Eurostat, the number of applications and the recognition rate for Turkish refugees in Greece increased after the 2016 coup attempt. In 2017, 60 out of 110 applicants (55%) received protection. In 2018, 260 out of 310 (84%). In 2019, 170 out of 220 (77%).
During those years, a substantial number of asylum applications by Turkish nationals were withdrawn. This typically suggests that the applicants left Greece for other EU member states. The withdrawn applications were 225 in 2017, 1235 in 2018 and 2980 in 2019. The numbers for 2020 look strange, but aren't. According to Eurostat, 215 Turkish nationals got protection but 1695 were rejected, which suggests a recognition rate of 11%. How did we go from 77% to 11%? The answer hides within a 2019 law.
According to a law passed by the new government, those leaving Greece before their application was rejected were now listed as 'rejected.' 485 people 'withdrew' in 2020, far fewer than 2019. It is reasonable to assume that most of those 'rejected' actually left the country.
The numbers suggest that Greece did offer protection to the majority of Turkish asylum seekers who applied after the coup. The 2020 numbers likely underrepresent the actual recognition rate for Turkish nationals."
"The Asylum Service informs the public, that in accordance with the measures for protecting the public health and preventing the spread of Covid-19, it can visit a Regional Asylum Services only after scheduling an appointment. This includes interviews and registrations.
Regarding regional offices that operate within very high risk Covid areas, they are going to serve only urgent registrations, as well as lodging of appeals, whilst they will not conduct interviews until April 11th 2021.
Services within very high risk Covid areas [according to the relevant Joint Ministerial Decision of 3–4–2021] are the Regional Asylum Office of Attica, Alimos, Piraeus, Western Greece, Thessaloniki, Crete, Leros and Chios as well as the Asylum Units of Amygdaleza, Corinth, Ioannina, the Asylum Unit of International Protection of Applicants under custody, the Asylum Unit for Applications by Pakistani nationals, the Asylum Unit for the Fast Track processing of Asylum Applications by Syrian Nationals, and the Unit for Applications by Albanian and Georgian nationals.
Remote interviews scheduled with RAO Lesvos will take place as planned.
We remind you of the obligation to use a mask inside and outside of the building." Photo and Info by Migration Greece Info
Spanish media reports that "Salvamento Marítimo has rescued six immigrants who were traveling through the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar aboard a dinghy at dawn on Monday and were heading towards the coast of Cádiz. According to police sources, the boat was spotted by a merchant and to its rescue came the Salvamar Atria, based in Ceuta." The people are now quarantining. More here.
Reuters is reporting that "Dozens of migrants have set up a makeshift camp in Spain's Canary Islands, leaving an official, much larger camp where they said they had received poor food, scant medical attention and did not have enough showers…'The situation is quite desperate. The food is scarce, the medical service is scarce, they have few translators, few doctors,' said Roberto Mesa, of the Tenerife Migrants Support Assembly, a volunteer group that brings food and clothes to the migrants." More here.
Next deportation to Afghanistan scheduled for April 7th
Pro Asyl said in a press release:
"PRO ASYL demands that the regular collective deportations to Afghanistan in view of the devastating security situation, the health risks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the catastrophic economic conditions that have been exacerbated by this once again come to an end.
Since the collective deportations to Afghanistan began in December 2016, a total of 1,015 people have been affected. Of these, 107 people were deported from Germany to Afghanistan this year alone. Month after month — undeterred by the Covid-19 pandemic and its serious effects — a charter plane with desperate young men is sent to the country that has been affected by armed conflict for decades. On April 7th , 2021, the fourth collective deportation to Afghanistan is threatened in 2021, this time from Berlin-Schönefeld Airport."
"CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: NEED WORLD TUESDAY 6TH AND THURSDAY 8TH APRIL!
We don't give up!
Over 2000 meals to distribute and distribute this week! Without you, nothing will be done!
The collective is you, it's me, it's us!" Photo and Info by Solidarité migrants Wilson
Photos by Solidarité migrants Wilson
"Eight activists and collective officials are summoned by police for alleged 'violence and degradation during the H Hôteltel-Dieu occupation protest'"
Solidarité migrants Wilson have issued a press release on these arrests. They have also announced a support gathering for Thursday April 8th at 9am. Find out more here.
"The actions of the Collective Requisitions have all been peaceful, with the aim of allowing homeless people to get accommodation, enforce their rights under the law and demand enforcement of the requisition law as 3 million There are vacant housing, including 400 in Ile-de-France.
On February 13, in the middle of a cold wave, the peaceful occupation and for a few hours of a public part of the H Hôteltel-Dieu hospital, under the eye of many cameras, allowed the accommodation of nearly 70 without shelter, including families with children and isolated minors. In all, the series of actions carried out by the Collectif has allowed 720 homeless people to be housed in Paris, significantly reducing their numbers even if the situation remains critical.
This collective convocation reflects a willingness to intimidate and discourage the Collective, or even start repressing it. That's why we are calling for a support rally, this Thursday, April 8, starting at 9 pm in front of the police station.
NB: Since March 31th, some people housed following actions, including families, have been put back on the street, in contempt of the law. Militants Es have been mobilizing since the beginning of the week to get reaccommodations and prevent hotel expulsion."
"Despite all the shocking evidence that has come to light, the Home Office is still determined to continue the use of Napier Barracks to house asylum seekers.
Despite a major Covid outbreak and the NHS warnings that due to the conditions, a large-scale spread of infection had been "virtually inevitable", up to 28 residents will continue to live in the dormitories.
An independent report has described the barracks as "filthy", "impoverished" and "uninhabitable" — yet the Home Office is refusing to shut it down.
Care4Calais have been working on the ground at Napier. We have seen the terrible conditions of the barracks, and the effects it is having on its residents. The government's refusal to close it down is both frustrating and disappointing.
Our volunteers will remain on the ground and provide direct support to the residents. We will continue to #StandWithNapier
Please write to your MP, continue to spread the word, and sign the petition" Photo and Info by Care for Calais
UK WORTH READING: Info Migrants have just published a feature on the new group "'Channel Rescue,' the citizen patrol on the lookout for migrants arriving along the English coast." You can check it out here.
If you wish to contribute, either by writing a report or a story, or by joining the info gathering team, please let us know.
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Brutal murder of pro-life activist exposes epidemic of pro-choice terrorism and violence ( See Updated Version)
Posted in Abortion, Constitution, Planned Parenthood, pro-choice, pro-choice violence, Pro-Life, Religion, Violence against pro-lifer, Violence against women with tags ABC, abortion shooting, Anti-abortion, Brian Finkel, Carolina Gutierrez, CBS, Death Threats, Federal Marshals, George Krai, George Tiller, Harlan J. Drake, hiawassee County Prosecutor's office, James Pouillon, Katie Couric, killing, Killing Spree, Laura Smith, LIFE, Life Dynamics, Michigan, murder, Nabil Ghali, National Abortion Federation, NBC, News Busters, Operation Rescue, Pamela Colson, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice Terrorism, pro-choice violence, Pro-Life, pro-life killing, pro-lifer murdered, shooting, Troy Newman, unborn, violence on September 14, 2009 by saynsumthn
In September of 2009, a pro-life activist was gunned down on a public sidewalk by a violent pro-choicer who hated his message. James Pouillon was standing in front of a Michigan High School, where he had stood peacefully many times before, carrying a pro-life sign. The Shiawassee County Prosecutor's office has charged pro-choicer, Harlan J. Drake, 33, of Owosso with two counts of first-degree, premeditated murder.
Pouillon's sign depicted a picture of a baby and simply said "LIFE" and for this he was brutally killed.
Police reported that Drake was ticked off at Pouillon's pro-life message, so he hunted him down in a killing spree, drove up next to the man who had 2 leg braces and carried an oxygen tank, and opened fire. This is the pro-choice response to a non-violent protest, this is their way of bringing "peace" and "Common ground" to the abortion issue. This type of brutal murder , firing several bullets into the body of a loving father and a husband , is the violent pro-choice response to the simple pro-life message: "LIFE".
Perhaps the years of pro-choice rhetoric has finally caught up with them. The media is not without fault here as well. Even today as I read an AP story, rather than pointing back to the thousands of incidents of angry pro-choice violence against pro-lifers, unborn children, abortion patients, etc. they are using the death of this pro-life martyr, to once again bring up the shooting of an abortion doctor from Wichita. Never in the history of this issue, has the media ever repeated the litany of deaths of the women at the hands of abortion doctors.
Deaths such as Pamela Colson, who bled to death as she left a Pensacola abortion clinic, where she was a patient. The clinic botched her abortion so bad and then sent her on the way- to die on her car as she drove home. You have heard a lot about Pensacola and an abortionist murders, but the media says nothing about Colson's abortion death ! Why? Because the media is Pro-abortion and they will go to large extents to hide the brutal truth of abortion from the public.
The media also continues to hide the fact that pro-life people are targeted daily for abuse, violence, and now murder. The media, rather than doing their homework and being "un-biased" on this issue- takes all their talking points from the National Abortion Federation and Planned Parenthood – both organizations who make millions of dollars from abortion.
Rather than mention the death of Late-Term abortionist Tiller – they could detail the violent attack in New Jersey of pro-lifer George Krail who was run over by pro-choicers entering the South Jersey Women's Center run by abortionist: George Danioff. The media could report that when pro-lifer George Krail was laying in pain on the sidewalk after the attack, and no one inside this "Medical Abortion Office" rendered him any assistance according to Krail's Wife, Tina. It was pro-choicers who violently used their car to break George's right leg in four places , four of George's ribs and inflicted several other injuries to his ankle. Why doesn't the media repeat this violent pro-choice story?
The media could also report the death of abortion patient, Laura Smith who died as a result of her abortion at the Women's Health Center, in Hyannis, MA. where abortionist Rapin Osathanondh did the botched procedure. During the abortion, Laura's heart, pulse and blood pressure were not monitored, and there was no oxygen source in the room. The media could report how abortionist Osathanondh, and an office worker who had no training in resuscitative measures, and were only ones with Laura after the abortion. They could report how after the abortion, Osathanondh called Smith's name to wake her, and when he received no response, he failed to timely initiate a call to 911, according to Laura's mom, Eileen. Smith was pronounced dead by the time she arrived at Cape Cod Hospital. Eileen reported that Osathanondh lied repeatedly to its staff about the incident, telling them he gave Smith oxygen when he didn't, monitored her pulse when he didn't, claimed he and his assistant were certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support when they weren't, and said he hadn't left the room from the time he began CPR until the ambulance arrived.
They could report how Carolina Gutierrez, bought the lie that abortion is a safe, legal procedure. It took her six weeks to die from an infection so bad after her abortion that she developed gangrene.
Yes, these are the faces of PRO-CHOICE AMERICA ! And this is but a drop in the bucket. There are thousands of such stories ranging from brutal attacks of pro-choice boyfriends who kill their pro-life girlfriends because they refuse to have abortions, to pro-choice activists who attack pro-lifers, vandalize their property, and threaten them constantly, to abortion doctors who have sexually assaulted their abortion patients ( google: Dr. Brian Finkel or Dr. Nabil Ghali to name a few) to those who have cared so little for these women that they left the abortion mills in plastic bags, or died later from neglect.
My heart and prayers go out to the Pouillon family. He was a martyr and his message is worth listening to. I hope and pray that he did not die in vain and that the media will begin to report the truth regarding pro-choice violence I call upon the National Abortion Federation and Planned Parenthood to renounce this type of violence and I ask them to reign in their rhetoric which led to this murder. I call for the President to release Federal Marshal to all pro-life facilities for protection and to take seriously the threats that pro-lifers get on a daily basis. I call for a nationwide investigation into the possibility that this murder may be part of a national conspiracy to murder pro-lifers.
Here is proof that the media is biased against pro-lifers especially in how they handle the killings:
Rachel Maddow calls shooting of Late Term abortionist George Tiller " Domestic Terrorism"
Here she tries to state that this killing of a pro-life activist is an isolated incident and is not the general view of pro-choicers. She fails to list one other incident of pro-choice "TERRORISM" in this report. If you want a list of pro-choice terrorism which Maddow fails to list go here:
This website has been up for years and the media again and again fails to show the truth about PRO-CHOICE TERRORISM and PRO-CHOICE VIOLENCE !
Here is more proof – Man's Twitter status celebrates the murder of a Pro-Life activist http://bit.ly/DXbPS
Read some death threats to Operation Rescue as well: Why doesn't the media play these recorded threats ?
Read e-mailed death threats to Operation Rescue
Sample of Threats Received by Operation Rescue Since the Tiller Murder
"Time to start killing bible-thumping morons. If only YOUR parents had believed in abortion."
"Let those that have sinned cast bullets towards you idiots as well."
"Since you and your followers promote the killing of doctors who carry out abortions, I think it's
time for those of us who respect a woman's right to control her own reproduction to promote
a little terrorism of our own. So watch out, keep looking over your shoulders, who knows
who may be behind you?"
"I eagerly await the day that I see your blood on someone's hands."
Below is a picture of a death threat letter received by Operation Rescue:
Here is a great example as osted by NEWS BUSTERS: CBS Skips Killing of Pro-Life Activist; ABC Sees 'Flip Side' to Killing of Abortionist Tiller
If you want to learn the truth the media will not repeat – Here a just a few Samples :
Abortionist beats wife
In 1999, Abortionist Neville W. Duncan was placed on 18 months' probation, sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $250 after pleading no contest to charges that he beat his wife. He was also arrested when police found crack cocaine in his pocket.
Duncan was arrested after allegedly punching his wife in his car, then pinning her to the ground and slapping her after she climbed out the window of the vehicle, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, (Doctor sentenced to 30 days in jail -01-15-1999).
News reports indicated that Duncan served time for contempt of court, when he failed to provide the required child support he owed.
Abortionist guilty of murdering wife
December 11, 2001, The Oklahoman detailed the murder trial of abortionist John Baxter Hamilton. Hamilton performed abortions at the Oklahoma Clinic for Women in Oklahoma City, OK.
Hamilton was found guilty in the Valentine's Day killing of his wife, Susan Hamilton, 55. Her nude body was found lying in blood in the master bathroom of the Hamiltons' Quail Creek home, her skull fractured and face disfigured. She had been choked with a necktie and beaten to death.
News Reports of the case indicated that Hamilton's wife had suspected the abortionist of having an affair with a topless dancer who may have been a patient of the doctor's. His wife was considering leaving him and talking of divorce two days before the murder.
Authorities noted that after Hamilton murdered his wife he then called 911 to report the death. Authorities found the woman dead on the couple's master bedroom floor.
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the murder of his wife and was ordered to pay $11,104 for the cost of his incarceration. Following his murder conviction, Oklahoma and Tennessee revoked his medical license and on September 19, 2003, Hamilton voluntarily surrendered his Georgia license.
Abortion doctor accused of killing wife
On December 15,2006, the Hattiesburg American reported in an article, (Doctor pleads not guilty to killing his wife ), that abortionist Malachy DeHenre was arrested after a new indictment accused him of shooting his wife, Dr. Nyasha DeHenre, in the head in their Laurel home in 1997. At his first trial in 1999, the jury voted 11-1 to acquit him, resulting in a hung jury.
According to a WDAM News 7 news report, (Doctor to face 2nd trial for wife's slaying: 12-18-2006), DeHenre is also being charged with the rape of a then 21-year-old patient when he was practicing at the Family Health Care Center in 1992.
DeHenre has a long history of trouble in his performance of abortions and treatment of women. He performed abortions in Alabama before he lost his license to practice in that state, according to a Washington Post story , (Alabama Abortion Clinic to Stay Shut: 6-15-2006).
The Post reported that DeHenre formerly worked for the Summit abortion clinic in Alabama which, was closed in 2006 after state inspectors found them dispensing RU-486 without a doctor present. The article says that in December of 2004, the Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama indefinitely suspended the license of Malachy M. DeHenre. The commission ruled that DeHenre's conduct in four cases from 2000 to 2003 was "immoral, unprofessional or dishonorable" and that he endangered his patients through "gross malpractice."
In March of 2005, DeHenre's license was indefinitely suspended by the Mississippi Medical Board. It had been temporarily suspended in 2004 after one of DeHenre's Alabama abortion patients died. A 2004, Clarion Ledger report entitled, Abortion death cited in action against doctor Ala. suspends license of Jackson abortion practitioner, reveals that the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners found that the patient was discharged from Summit Medical Center 20 minutes after having an abortion on Nov. 25, 2003. Less than six hours later, her husband contacted the medical center and reported that his wife had abdominal pain and a low temperature.
She was taken by ambulance to a Birmingham hospital, where she died. She sustained an unrecognized uterine perforation during the abortion, the board said. "Subsequent hemorrhagic shock led to her ultimate demise," according to the board's report to the licensure commission.
According to the Clarion Ledger, (Suspended doc: Didn't like doing 35,000 abortions: 3-18-2005), after his suspension in Mississippi, DeHenre said that he did not like performing some 35,000 abortions, but did so because he needed the work. "I ask for your forgiveness," Dehenre said. "I don't want to be an outcast. I want to be among the medical community." The Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure told the press that they received "more than one complaint, " in the case.
After DeHenre's 2006 arrest he was denied his bond request and will be held in the Jones County Adult Detention Facility in Ellisville until his trial, which will likely be held in the spring of 2007.
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Choice Sux
Click on the link below to see a video of Jim Pouillon. He is addressing friends who are celebrating their anniversary. He was unable to attend so he sent this video which would be viewed by all gathered there. It is a little over two minutes long, and it is recent. He did not deserve to be gunned down.
The confrontation happened in Neuquen, Argentina, on Aug 17, 2008.
Commentary by VICTIM in above attack-Patte Smith:
Dr Nelson Kraucak was charged with battery after knocking down & kicking me & trying to steal my camera at James Scott Pendergraft's notorious Orlando Women's Center abortion clinic.
When I was attacked by an angry aborting father named Dr Nelson Kraucak at Orlando Women's Center abortion clinic on August 29, 2007, there was no one other than the sidewalk missionaries to capture the assault on video. Thankfully, we had noticed Dr K's menacing behavior & had taken our camera out & turned it on in hopes of avoiding violence. However, it didn't stop the doctor, who flew into a rage and came after me. Kraucak knocked me to the ground & kicked me repeatedly as a terrified Mary Jo screamed for help.
I was shocked when I read the police report at the state attorney's office. It was written by Orlando Police Officer Charles Mays, the OPD security on duty at Orlando Women's Center at the time of the attack. Although the perpetrator, Dr Kraucak, was still inside the clinic with his aborting wife . Dr Kraucak was not even QUESTIONED by OPD officer Charles Mays! Could this be because a 'conflict of interest' prevented the Orlando police officer, whose sworn duty is to protect, from wanting to do anything to interfere with the 'business' of the late-term labor & delivery abortion that was just getting started? (22 week abortions are $2500, 23 week abortions are $2700, 24 week abortions are $2900. One of the illegal late-term abortions that Pendergraft committed at Orlando Women's Center cost the 7 month pregnant mother a whopping $12,000!
The state attorney's office filed battery charges against Dr. Nelson Kraucak on December 21, 2007. The Orange County clerk's office will take the charges that have been filed, clock them in & assign the arraignment date. Dr K will be served a subpoena & he will be demanded to appear at the arraignment. If Dr K or his attorney "fails to appear," then a warrant will be issued for his arrest. The new case number for the battery charges against Dr Nelson Kraucak is: 2007-MM-148789
Our hope is that Dr K will be served with the subpoena soon. A tape of my frantic 911 call is available at Orlando Police Department.
UPDATED OCTOBER 2009 – Read This Story
Violent pro-choice abortionist arrested in Road Rage attack
for more details read: Pro-Lifer stabbed by violent pro-choice activist Outside Planned Parenthood
UPDATED: Nov 2009
Another Example:
Two violent pro-choice abortion supporters arrested , one accepts probation:
In September of 2009 Pro-life activist Johnny Wallace, 69, was attacked on by two women as he stood holding pro-life signs in front of City Hall in Flagstaff, Arizona. The women, both 48, yelled profanities at him, attempted to take his signs and wrestled him to the ground.
On the day of the attack, Wallace, who daily protests in front of City Hall, held two text-only signs. The signs said, "Abortion kills more black Americans in four days than the Klan killed in 150 years," and the other, "Life begins at conception and ends at Planned Parenthood."
Radical pro-choicers, Denise Redsteer and Laura Chapman were the two women who attacked the elderly Wallace who was viciously knocked to the ground as he attempted to protect his signs from one of the women. The other woman then joined in the struggle.
Wallace was treated for minor injuries after the incident by medics called to the scene. Police arrested and charged both women with misdemeanor counts of disturbing the peace and criminal damage.
In November of 2009, Denise Redsteer, 48, accepted a "deferred prosecution" in Flagstaff Municipal Court, said City Prosecutor Lisa Stankovich.
Deferred prosecution does not admit guilt, and if Redsteer successfully completes the terms of her probation, the charges against her will be dismissed.
Stankovich said that Redsteer has also agreed to pay a $150 prosecution fee and not commit any criminal offenses during the probationary period.
Read: Pro-Choice Terrorism-media bias is obvious!
12-1-2009 READ: Abort Jesus? Pro-choice demonstrators attack Catholic Priest in Vienna Austria
Planned Parenthood CEO arresed for Shop Lifting, made over 100 Grand
ABC News: http://www.abc6.com/news/rhodeisland/19085769.html
ABC 6 News Reporter Robert Goulston has the story of a local CEO caught shoplifting at the Warwick Mall. Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island President and CEO Miriam Inocencio was caught by police stealing a shirt from Macy's several weeks ago. Now reaction from those that know and work with Inocencio.
Hummel splits from ABC6; Planned Parenthood CEO resigns
Susan Yolen, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, which was poised this week to assume administrative control of Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island (PPRI), attributed the change to the difficulty of a small organization operating in a changing health-care market.
Yet it's fair to suspect there's more to the resignation of Miriam Inocencio, who had been CEO of PPRI for more than 10 years, in part since it reportedly came after an internal split among members of the local reproductive-rights' organization's board of directors.
At press time, Inocencio had not returned a phone message left at her Warwick home. And for her part, Yolen offered few specifics about how Planned Parenthood's Connecti-cut organization became involved in the Rhode Island operation.
Yolen says Inocencio's departure was unrelated to her having faced, as reported by Channel 6 in May, a shoplifting charge.
Asked about the financial condition of PPRI, Yolen said, "I really can't say." She nonetheless vowed that the delivery of services at the organization's Providence location will not be impacted in the short-term, and that PPRI will remain viable.
Only on ABC 6: Head of RI Planned Parenthood Stepping Down Months After Shoplifting Incident
Warwick Police arrested the 59-year old in the spring after they say she stole an $89 Liz Claiborne blouse. The case was pleaded out in court and Inocencio reimbursed the store as part of the agreement.
Inocencio says she gave her voluntary resignation a couple of weeks ago, and that she is proud of what she accomplished during her 13 years as the director of the non-profit organization.
UPDATED December 2009:
Read; Arson at Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Center could violent pro-choicers be responsible?

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Q: Python add string to array but whenever theres a blank space make a new element? import pyscreenshot as ImageGrab
import cv2
import pytesseract
# Take picture
im = ImageGrab.grab()
im = ImageGrab.grab(bbox=(730, 180, 970, 400))
# Show picture
im.show()
# Save picture
im.save('C:\\Users\\eddwik26\\Desktop\\phack\\screenshot.png')

# AI that reads string from picture
pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\\Program Files\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe'
img = cv2.imread(r'C:\\Users\\eddwik26\\Desktop\\phack\\screenshot.png')
textFromImage = pytesseract.image_to_string(img)
formatedText = textFromImage.replace("\n\n", "  ")
print(formatedText)
print("\n")

# Formatter

I need to know how to automatically add every new word after the dual blank space to a new element in an array
for example the image scanner returns the following text as a string
text example output = apple banana orange
I need to convert this to an array or similar so the array will store each fruit like this array[0] = apple array[1] = banana etc

A: Is this what you are expecting?
text = "apple banana orange"
array = text.split()
for i in range(len(array)):
    print(array[i])

Output
apple
banana
orange

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With a Merger Complete, Welcome to Zencos 2.0 for 2023
12/15/2022 by David Septoff Support
Since we started in Ben Zenick's garage in 2001, Zencos has seen its share of changes. We've been named one of the Inc. 500's fastest-growing private companies, earned accolades as a SAS partner, and navigated the peaks and valleys of the industry for over 20 years.
But we always knew big changes were necessary for the company to ever reach our larger goals. And I'm excited to announce those changes have arrived as we head into 2023:
Zencos has merged with Executive Information Systems (EIS).
As far as we've come since that garage in North Carolina, this move will take Zencos that much further. Although our foundation remains unchanged, along with everyone on our team who brought us here, this move is about growth and pursuing new opportunities.
For more than 20 years, we've remained committed to working with our clients "the Zencos Way". Those principles remain the guiding focus as we head into a new year that will bring more changes while we work to ensure Zencos remains true to who we are.
Mergers mark the end of one way to do business while signaling the start of another. With so many possibilities ahead, we view this merger as the beginning of Zencos 2.0.
EIS and Zencos: The Right Partnership at the Right Time
Part of what makes the most sense about this merger is how much our two companies share — both in terms of our services and how we operate.
EIS are resellers of SAS software, and we've known the leadership team for more than 20 years. This merger is such an excellent fit because of the alignment of our core values and the complementary way we work.
EIS owns the GSA schedule for SAS in federal, state, and local governments, which means the bulk of their work serves the public sector. As SAS partners, we also work with government organizations as well as the financial, health care, and utility sectors in the U.S. and abroad. Coming together with EIS will allow us to deliver advanced analytics capabilities, cloud modernization, and managed services to a wider variety of clients.
Put simply, SAS considers EIS as their go-to partner in the context of government agencies. Our SAS partners view Zencos the same way for implementations in the commercial space. his will be a great combination of companies to serve SAS clients' needs.
What the Merger of Zencos with EIS Means for Clients
From the perspective of current and future clients, Zencos will remain fundamentally the same. Along with maintaining a commitment to how we work, the Zencos brand will remain unchanged and function under the same leadership with the same people on our team. Similarly, EIS will remain EIS.
Both organizations place a premium on building strong relationships and providing top-notch care for our clients. As our organizations come together, we're going to look for opportunities where our offerings will enable EIS clients to see greater returns on their investment in SAS analytics.
For example, we've developed a number of best practices to ensure our customers keep their software tuned and running smoothly. Our Zenguard program also offers our clients an improved capacity to maintain their analytics environment in a way that's sustainable and secure.
In addition to helping customers efficiently manage their regulatory compliance and AML needs, we're also rolling out continuous monitoring for procurement integrity (CMPI) as part of our services. For government agencies, these all represent critical priorities that we can fulfill.
Merging with EIS presents an assortment of new opportunities. Consequently, we also have to evolve to keep up with the pace of change.
Why 2023 Offers Zencos Real Potential for Growth
Given this merger's possibilities to expand our business, we have ambitious goals for the future. At Zencos, we're looking to double our revenue next year and triple it in three years. Those kinds of numbers are simply impossible without significant internal investment.
As this merger moves forward, we're creating paths for growth for the people on our team. We're going to need more managers and more mentors as well as new members. Everyone will have a role to play. And we're primarily focused on adding the right people to join us for the next phase.
For us, this merger ultimately translates to growth in terms of our offerings and our visibility in the industry. And all sides of this move are in alignment when it comes to feeling excited about what's ahead.
2023 Marks a New Era for Zencos
Planning this announcement came with some mixed emotions. In a note I shared with our internal teams, I compared the feeling to seeing your adult children move on to adult lives of their own. The analogy may be a little dramatic, but it's no less sincere from my perspective.
On the one hand, I'm excited for all the opportunities that lie ahead for the next stage of Zencos. But I also feel a bit wistful because one phase has ended as this new one begins. However, just as you may feel with a child, any feelings of melancholy are overwhelmed by real anticipation of the bright future ahead.
The financial details of this merger may be complete. But we're still navigating the many details involved in bringing our two companies together. Amid all we have learned, including the recent challenges introduced by the pandemic, we're eager to explore the many opportunities this merger will deliver. It's already making a positive change by expanding the ways to serve our clients with our expertise.
At a time when many industries are bracing for contraction, we're entering the new year with an emphasis on expansion and new possibilities. We couldn't be more excited about what's next.
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Screen grab from the Linkspace video of their VTVL test that occurred in January of 1028.
In gbTimes, reporter Andrew Jones reports that Chinese private space company Linkspace has taken a step forward in the company's development of a reusable orbital rocket with a successful vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) test.
VTVL has allowed U.S. company SpaceX to launch, land and reuse its Falcon 9 rocket first stages and will — next week — attempt the same with the new Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. The breakthrough by Linkspace will be used for its own, much smaller rockets, which will aim to provide low-cost access to space for clients looking to launch smallsats.
The NewLine-1 rocket, with a reusable first stage, will be capable of carrying 200 kg. of smallsats to SSO up to an altitude of 500 kilometres. Linkspace is aiming for the maiden flight to occur in 2020.
Hu Zhenyu founded the start-up Linkspace in 2014 before leaving university. "The one who knows nothing, fears nothing. I didn't know how tough it would be. I was very fond of it, so I decided to enter into this industry. I didn't think much about the difficulties, as they gradually showed up in the process," Hu told CCTV, adding that there are two good things about being a private company in this industry. One is that the company's operations are separated from the traditional state system, which allow the firm to deeply integrate some skills with the company's own human resources during establishing Linkspace's own system.
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Бронетягач M2 () — американський напівгусеничний бронетранспортер — артилерійський тягач часів Другої світової війни. Створений у 1940—1941 роках інженерами компанії Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. Серійне виробництво M2 тривало з 1941 по 1944 рік, всього був випущений 13 691 бронетягач цього типу, включаючи його покращений варіант M2А1.

M2, разом з бронетранспортером M3, з яким вони дуже схожі по зовнішньому вигляду, стали основним типом бронетранспортерів американських військ у Другій світовій війні й активно використовувався ними на всіх театрах воєнних дій, як артилерійський тягач. Після закінчення Другої світової війни значна кількість цих машин ще довго перебувала на озброєнні армій багатьох країн світу, активно використовувалася в локальних війнах другої половини XX століття: в Кореї, Алжирі та Індокитаї, в арабо-ізраїльських війнах 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973 і 1982 років.

Історія
Напівгусеничний бронетранспортер розроблявся на основі концепції всюдиходів Citroen-Kegresse C417, декілька зразків яких було придбано раніше. Роботи почалися ще в 1938 році, а в 1940 році White Motor Company виготовила перший прототип, який отримав назву Т14. Базою для створення бронеавтомобіля стали вузли та агрегати цивільних вантажних автомобілів, зокрема двигун у зборі зі зчепленням та коробкою передач, мости, кермове управління, електрообладнання. Гусеничний рушій розроблявся окремо.

Стрімкий перебіг подій у Європі, падіння Польщі, Бельгії, Голландії та Франції змусило американців форсувати роботи. В результаті вже в жовтні 1940 року прототипи Т14 і Т8 були стандартизовані (тобто прийняті на озброєння армії США) як Half-Track Car M2 і Half-Track Personel Carrier M3 відповідно. При цьому перший був напівгусеничним артилерійським тягачем, а другий — бронетранспортером.

Серійне виробництво M2 почалося навесні 1941 року і тривало аж до 1943 року. Компанії White Motor і Autocar виготовили за цей час 8 423 і 2 992 тягачі відповідно.

У травні 1941 року перші зразки M2 надійшли на озброєння чотирнадцяти мотопіхотних полків, що формувалися. Перший бойовий досвід новітні бронетранспортери здобули у грудні 1941 року під час боїв на Філіппінах. У складі 192-го та 194-го танкових батальйонів перебувало по 23 бойові машини цього типу, які використовувалися переважно в штабних та розвідувальних підрозділах. У ході бойових дій проти японських окупантів на острові Лусон усі машини були втрачені.

У листопаді 1942 року під час проведення операції «Смолоскип» — висадці американських військ у Північній Африці сталося перше масштабне бойове хрещення бойових машин. Згідно штату американської бронетанкової дивізії 1942 року, в кожному з двох її танкових полків було до ста «хаф-треків», в моторизованому полку — 230. Загальна ж кількість напівгусеничних машин, з урахуванням штабних, артилерійських, інженерних і розвідувальних частин і підрозділів, сягала 733 одиниць. Перша військова частина, що вступила в бій на цих машинах, — 6-й моторизований полк 1-ї бронетанкової дивізії. У січні-лютому 1943 року при відбитті наступу німців через прохід Кассерін у ході запеклих боїв цей полк був майже повністю знищений.

Згодом M2 і МЗ, як й їхні вдосконалені варіанти М2А1 і МЗА1, використовувалися американцями в усіх без винятку бойових операціях Другої світової війни на Європейському та Тихоокеанському театрах воєнних дій.

Американські напівгусеничні бронетранспортери поставлялися в країни антигітлерівської коаліції за програмою ленд-лізу. Причому як базові версії М2 і МЗ, так і більш пізні моделі М5 і М9. Останні розроблялися фірмою International Harvester Company в 1942 році, після того як була затверджена програма виробництва «хаф-треків» до 1944 року, яка передбачала випуск 188 404 бойових машин. Стало очевидним, що потужностей трьох основних фірм-виробників бракує. Машини були стандартизовані під позначеннями М5 і М9, і в грудні 1942 року почалося їх серійне виробництво. Фірма International Harvester Company виготовила відповідно 4 625 і 2 026 одиниць. У травні 1943 року обидві машини були модернізовані і випускалися під позначеннями М5А1 і М9А1 (виготовлено відповідно 2 959 і 1 407 одиниць), будучи аналогами М2А1 і МЗА1.

Майже половину від їх загальної кількості — 5238 одиниць — відправили до Великої Британії, звідки вони потрапили і у війська країн Співдружності, а також у польські і чехословацькі частини на Заході. У британській армії напівгусеничні транспортери не використовувалися для перевезення мотопіхоти, оскільки в цій ролі виступав британський бронетранспортер Universal Carrier. Головним завданням експортних зразків стало буксирування 6- і 17-фунтових протитанкових гармат. Використовувалися вони і в інженерних частинах, а також в ролі штабних і санітарних машин.

Другу за величиною експортну партію напівгусеничних БТР набув рух «Вільна Франція», очолюваний генералом Ш. де Голлем: 176 машин М2/М2А1, 245 — МЗ/МЗА1, 1 196 — М5/М5А1 і 603 — М9/М9А1.

Бойові машини цих типів були й у складі 1-ї бразильської піхотної дивізії, що воювала в Італії. Правда, їх налічувалося зовсім небагато: 8 одиниць — М2/М2А1, 3 — М3/М3А1 і 20 — М5/М5А1. Невелика кількість «хаф-траків» використовувалося і в китайській танковій групі в Бірмі. У роки Другої світової війни кілька бронетранспортерів було передано збройним силам Чилі та Мексики.

За програмою ленд-лізу до СРСР було передано 1 158 напівгусеничних транспортерів, у тому числі: 342 одиниці М2, 2 — М3, 401 — М5 і 413 — М9. Усі вони поставлялися в 1942 році і розподілялися між розвідувальними підрозділами і командуванням танкових корпусів і армій. Основна ж маса цих машин направлялася в артилерію (головним чином до винищувально-протитанкової), де використовувалася для буксирування гармат, у тому числі 85-мм зенітних гармат 52К зразка 1939 року і 100-мм протитанкових гармат БС-3 зразка 1944 року.

На базі М2 і М3 у США було створено велику кількість самохідно-артилерійських установок, самохідних мінометів і зенітних самохідних установок, багато з яких випускалися в значних кількостях і перебували на озброєнні американської та інших союзних армій.

Після Другої світової війни значна кількість «хаф-траків» знаходилося на озброєнні багатьох країн світу. Вони активно використовувалися в локальних війнах у Кореї, Алжирі та Індокитаї. Армія оборони Ізраїлю застосовувала ці машини, правда в модернізованих варіантах, в арабо-ізраїльських війнах 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973 і 1982 років.

Оператори

Див. також
 Панцирник Lince
 Б-3 (Бронетранспортер)
 T18 Boarhound
 АТ-П
 Хо-Ха
 Sd.Kfz 253

Посилання

 M2 Half-track
 Half Track Car M2
 M2 Half Track Car: Military Collectors History
 Half-track Car M2, early production
 How were Half-tracks used in World War II?

Література
 R. P. Hunnicutt. Halftrack: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles. — Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2001. — 240 p. — ISBN 0-89141-742-7.
 Zaloga, Steven J. (2004). M3 Infantry Half-Track 1940-73. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.
 М. Барятинский. Американские полугусеничные бронетранспортёры.  Журнал «Моделист-конструктор» № 5 2001. — С. 34—37
 Холявский Г. Л. Энциклопедия бронетанкового вооружения и техники. Колесные и полугусеничные бронеавтомобили и бронетранспортёры. — Мн.: Харвест, 2004. — 656 c.: ил. — (Библиотека военной истории). — 5100 экз. — ISBN 985-13-1765-9.

Примітки

Бронетранспортери США
Бронетехніка Другої світової війни
Бойові розвідувальні машини США
Артилерійські тягачі
Напівгусеничні всюдиходи

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Aims: To Study the religious and ideological views and practice of Palliative Care physician towards Euthanasia.
Materials and Methods: An anonymous self administered questionnaire approved by Flemish Palliative Care Federation and its ethics steering group was sent to all physicians(n-147) working in Flemish Palliative Care. Questionnaire consisted of three parts. In first part responded were requested to provide demographic information. In second part the respondents were asked to provide information concerning their religion or world view through several questions enquiring after religious or ideological affiliation,religious or ideological self-definition, view on life after death, image of God, spirituality, importance of rituals in their life, religious practice, and importance of religion in life. The third part consisted of a list of attitudinal statements regarding different treatment decisions in advanced disease on which the respondents had to give their opinion using a five-point Likert scale.99 physician responded.
Results: We were able to distinguish four clusters: Church-going physicians, infrequently church-going physicians, atheists and doubters. We found that like the Belgian general public, many Flemish palliative care physicians concoct their own religious or ideological identity and feel free to drift away from traditional religious and ideological authorities.
Conclusions: In our research we noted that physicians who have a strong belief in God and express their faith through participation in prayer and rituals, tend to be more critical toward euthanasia. Physicians who deny the existence of a transcendent power and hardly attend religious services are more likely to approve of euthanasia even in the case of minors or demented patients. In this way this study confirms the influence of religion and world view on attitudes toward euthanasia.
For many centuries Flanders (Belgium) has been a region where religion meant Christianity and Christianity meant Catholicism. However, in the course of the last four decades, church attendance in West-European countries like Belgium has declined tremendously.  In the same period, palliative care programmes have been developed in these countries and palliative care has gradually gained public support. The simultaneous decline in church attendance and the growth of Palliative Care services in Western Europe may seem remarkable as the founders of the modern palliative care movement clearly drew inspiration from religion in general and Christianity in particular.  If religion was so important in the early years of the modern hospice movement, how could palliative care thrive in times in which declining church attendance seems to imply a decrease in interest in religion? One possible solution for this paradox is the hypothesis of the secularization of the hospice movement. According to this theory religious concerns of palliative care have been rethought in a secular manner and the medical, psychosocial, and educational aspects of palliative care have become more prominent.  Thus, palliative care no longer needs a religious society to flourish. Recent surveys among the general public point toward another possible explanation for this paradox. These surveys show that religion and, more broadly speaking, world view is a multifaceted phenomenon that encompasses much more than just the attendance of religious services. In Western Europe many people have bid the church farewell, yet remain interested in religious issues. , If a similar attitude toward religion was found among Western European palliative care physicians, religion could still spark physicians' willingness to devote their efforts to the care of the terminally ill.
Outside Europe more specific research has been undertaken regarding palliative care physicians and spirituality. , Yet, spirituality is a very broad concept that also includes general existential issues. , As a consequence, these studies pay little attention to the specific religious or ideological views and practices of the physicians. Moreover, in these studies, the number of physicians being surveyed is limited. It would, however, be highly interesting to know more about the religious or ideological views of palliative care physicians since such knowledge could enable us to understand why palliative care physicians are willing to work in palliative care and why they judge certain ethical decisions (e.g. palliative sedation; euthanasia) to be acceptable or not.
Therefore, we intended to study the religious and ideological views and practices of palliative care physicians. Most studies which attempt to measure the religious and ideological views and practices of physicians restrict their enquiry to the religious or ideological affiliation of the physicians. This is also the case in surveys assessing the relationship between religion and attitudes toward euthanasia. ,,,,, Religious or ideological affiliation is indeed helpful to understand the religious or ideological background of the respondents. Yet, as such, religious or ideological affiliation reveals little about how a respondent interprets his or her affiliation, and whether he or she diverts from the standard views and practices of his or her religious community. For that reason, we wanted to divide the physicians into different groups, with physicians giving similar answers on divergent religious or ideological questions.
In 2006, the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Religion and World View (K.U.Leuven) and the Flemish Palliative Care Federation decided to undertake a quantitative study of the religious and ideological views and practices of Flemish palliative care physicians and their attitudes toward different treatment decisions in advanced disease. For the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Religion and World View this survey is part of a series of qualitative and quantitative empirical studies, analyzing attitudes toward treatment decisions in advanced disease and the influence of religion and world view on these attitudes. Specific focus is being put on the influence of Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Christianity. This article deals with the religious and ideological views and practices of Flemish palliative care physicians and more specifically with the question how these physicians could be classified regarding their religion or world view and how their religion or wordview influences their attitudes toward euthanasia.
In the middle of May 2006 an anonymous self- administered questionnaire was sent to all physicians ( n = 147) working in Flemish palliative care. The addresses of the physicians had been provided by the Flemish Palliative Care Federation. Earlier, the questionnaire had been presented for evaluation to a team of palliative care experts and sociologists. The questionnaire had also been approved by the Flemish Palliative Care Federation and its ethics steering group. The questionnaire (in Dutch) consisted of three parts. In the first part, the respondents were requested to provide demographic information, including gender, age and years of experience in palliative care. In the second part, the respondents were asked to provide information concerning their religion or world view through several questions enquiring after religious or ideological affiliation, religious or ideological self-definition, view on life after death, image of God, spirituality, importance of rituals in their life, religious practice, and importance of religion in life. This part of the questionnaire has been translated into English and added as an appendix to the article * . The accuracy of this translation was verified through the method of back translation with the help of a native English speaker. The third part consisted of a list of attitudinal statements regarding different treatment decisions in advanced disease on which the respondents had to give their opinion using a five-point Likert scale. Approximately, 30 to 40 minutes were needed to complete the questionnaire. Together with the questionnaires the physicians received stamped return envelopes to mail back completed questionnaires. The physicians also received a stamped card on which they were requested to write their name. The card had to be sent separately to the researchers after posting the completed questionnaire to avoid follow-up mailings. In the beginning of June a follow-up mailing reminding the physicians about the questionnaires, was sent to all physicians whose response card had not been received. At the end of June a third mailing was sent again to all physicians whose response card had not been received by then. The third mailing contained a new questionnaire, stamped return envelope, response card, and a letter reminding them about the questionnaire and kindly requesting them to complete and post the questionnaires. The cut-off date for responses was 31 August, 2006; 99 physicians responded (67.3%). For the statistical analysis of the data R 2.4.1 was used ( www.r-project.org ).
There were 64 male physicians (64.6% of all physicians, one no response). The mean age was 46.1 (std. dev. 9.4). The mean amount of years of professional experience in palliative care was 7 (std. dev. 3.9, five no response).
Following the questionnaire of the European Value Study, we made a distinction between religious or ideological affiliation and religious or ideological self-definition.  In the item relating to religious or ideological self-definition (item 1 of the questionnaire in the appendix) the respondents could choose from a list which term best describes their own conviction regarding their personal view on religion or world view. While 33 physicians chose Christian, 22 Catholic, one evangelical, eight Atheist, nine Agnostic, six free-thinker, one other world view or religion, four- none of the aforementioned possibilities, because I myself determine what I believe, and two - I am indifferent toward world view and religion, Protestant, Other Christian denomination, Jewish, and New Age were also mentioned as options on the list. No respondents solely chose any of these possibilities. In the numbers given above we did not include, respondents who indicated two answers. Five respondents chose Christian and Catholic. The following combinations were made each by one physician: Christian and Agnostic, Christian and Buddhist, Christian and New Age, Catholic and other world view or religion, Atheist and None of the aforementioned possibilities, because I myself determine what I believe, Atheist and Free-thinker, Christian and None of the aforementioned possibilities, because I myself determine what I believe.
In the item relating to religious or ideological affiliation (item 4) the respondents could indicate whether they consider themselves a member of a religious or ideological community and which community that is. About 57 physicians chose Catholic Church, two preferred -Other Christian community, three chose the Free-thinking community, and 28 opted for - I do not belong to any group. Jewish community, Protestant Church (United Protestant Churches of Belgium), Evangelical Church, Islamic community, Buddhist community, and Others were mentioned as options on the list. No respondents solely indicated any of these answers. In the numbers, respondents who chose two answers have not been included. All but one of the four respondents mentioned two communities, combined "Catholic Church" with another possibility (resp. "Other Christian community", "Other", and "Evangelical Church"). One physician chose "Other" and "I do not belong to any group".
We attempted to get a more accurate picture of the respondents' religious and ideological views and practices through a list of questions or statements regarding religious and ideological issues (cf. appendix). The respondents were requested to express their opinions or formulate an answer by choosing one answer from the answer categories. The items in the questionnaire dealt with many diverging aspects of religion and world view. Our main aim, however, was not to measure particular religious or ideological views and practices, but rather to obtain an overall picture of the nurses' religion and world view. For this purpose, we performed a traditional cluster algorithm on the answers on the different questions dealing with religion and world view. The items about religious or ideological self-definition (item 1) and religious or ideological affiliation (item 4) were not included in the cluster analysis, since these items could not be interpreted as continuous data. We recoded items 8 and 10, which dealt with image of God and life after death respectively. In item 8, the first three answer categories were left unaltered, while the last five categories were taken together, thus forming answer category four, meaning "a specific image of transcending reality". In this way, the answer categories were ordered gradually, from unbelieving over vague image of the transcending reality to specific image. A similar procedure was followed for item 10. Also, here, the first three answer categories were not changed. The last four answer categories were combined as fourth answer category, implying "determined image of life after death". Four clusters were retained. The cluster centres were plotted to enable us to label each cluster [Figure 1]. The numbers on the horizontal axis refer to the different items of the questionnaire as found in the appendix.
30 physicians (31.6% of all physicians whose cluster membership could be determined) belong to the first cluster. The average physician in this group believes in a reality that transcends human existence. Often these physicians have a clear idea about what this transcending reality looks like. They also believe in life after death. They are active church members: They find rituals important, often attend religious services and pray regularly. They find religion and world view important for their personal and professional life. We called physicians belonging to this cluster 'church-going respondents'.
In the second cluster 14 physicians (14.7%) are found. Physicians in this cluster hardly attend religious services and do not find rituals important, except on feast days and at the important moments of life. Generally they do not know whether a transcendent reality exists and they do not believe in life after death. Members of this cluster were called 'infrequently church-going respondents'.
The third cluster groups 22 physicians (23.2%) who are clearly atheist. The obvious name for physicians belonging to this cluster is 'atheists'. Most respondents in this group do not believe in a transcendent reality, do not pray, do not attend religious services and find rituals not essential even at important moments of life.
There are 29 physicians (30.5%) in the fourth cluster. Physicians of this category have serious doubts about faith and belief. They doubt about the existence of a transcendent reality. They do not know if there will be life after death or what that life may be like. They seldom pray, and they find rituals not very necessary except at important moments of life. The label we gave to this cluster is 'doubters'.
We also checked if there were differences between the clusters on the level of religious or ideological self-definition [Table 2] and religious or ideological affiliation [Table 3].
A majority of the church-going respondents chose "Catholic" as religious or ideological self-definition. Nevertheless, many of the church-going respondents preferred the more neutral term "Christian". Among the infrequently church-going respondents (cluster 2) and the doubters (cluster 4) the term "Christian" was more popular than "Catholic". Among the cluster of the atheists (cluster 3) "Atheist" was the most frequently chosen option, though remarkably even in this cluster five respondents defined themselves as "Christian" or "Catholic" [Table 4].
A large majority of the church-going respondents (cluster 1) and doubters (cluster 4) mentions "Catholic Church" as the religious or ideological community they belong to. Among the infrequently church-going respondents (cluster 2) and, rather surprisingly, the atheists (cluster 3) too a significant minority attests to be a member of the Catholic Church. This dominance of the Catholic Church is confirmed by the answers on the questions asking what kind of religious or ideological services the respondent attends now or used to attend when he or she was ten years old (item 5). While 93 respondents (96.9%) attended Catholic services when they were ten years old, when asked which religious or ideological services the respondents attended now, 54 respondents (96.4% of those respondents who answered this question) stated they attended Catholic services; 43 (43.4%) did not answer this question, most likely because they hardly or never attend religious or ideological services and were asked not to answer this additional question.
In another part of our study, to be published elsewhere, we studied the attitudes of the Flemish palliative care physicians toward euthanasia. In that part too we were able to distinguish a number of clusters. The Table below shows how the physicians are divided over both the different religious or ideological clusters and the euthanasia clusters, thus giving us an idea of the relationship between religion and worldview on the one hand and attitudes toward euthanasia on the other.
When compared to the other religious or ideological clusters, the church-going respondents much more frequently belong to the opponents of euthanasia. The cluster of the church-going respondents is the only cluster with a significant amount of its members also being part of the opponents of euthanasia. The church- going respondents have also the strongest presence in the intermediate euthanasia cluster, though it must be noted that six of the 26 physicians in this group are staunch advocates of euthanasia. On the other hand, a large majority of the atheists belongs to the cluster of the staunch advocates of euthanasia. None of the atheists can be characterised as an opponent of euthanasia. The infrequently church-going respondents and religious or ideological doubters are most often staunch advocates of euthanasia. Most religious or ideological doubters are staunch advocates of euthanasia.
In order to find out if there is a statistically significant association between the religious or ideological clusters and the euthanasia clusters, we performed a Pearson Chi-squared test. The association is highly significant ( = 19.5, P = 0.003). To assess if the association remains significant when the covariates gender, age and years of experience in palliative care are taken into consideration, the multinomial logit model was used. A likelihood ratio test was performed. The likelihood ratio test is clearly significant (deviance full model 139.96, deviance reduced model 162.04, P = 0.005). There is a significant effect of the religious or ideological clusters on the euthanasia clusters also when the results are adjusted for the covariates gender, age and years of experience in palliative care.
As a group, Flemish palliative care physicians cannot be called irreligious. Only 23.2% is distinctly atheist (cluster 3). Strong traditional believers make up for 31.6% of all physicians (cluster 1). In between these two extremes, we find the two remaining clusters (2 and 4) together comprising 44.7% of all physicians. Following the terminology of Dobbelaere and Voyι, the religious and ideological views and practices of physicians belonging to these two clusters could be described with the nouns "ambivalence" and "estrangement".  These physicians still feel somehow connected with the Christian and more specific Catholic tradition. Nevertheless, they do not faithfully follow all traditional religious practices, convictions and beliefs. Our comparison of the religious and ideological clusters with the religious or ideological self-definition and affiliation further shows that also among physicians belonging to the cluster of the church-going respondents and the cluster of the atheists there is "ambivalence" and "estrangement". In the cluster of the atheists several respondents chose "Christian" or "Catholic" as religious or ideological self-definition, and "Catholic Church" as religious or ideological affiliation. Likewise, some members of the cluster of the church-going respondents described their own religion or world view as Christian, while all but one member of the same cluster indicated "Catholic Church" as religious or ideological affiliation. Dobbelaere and Voyι explained the distinction between Catholic and Christian, as an expression of dissociation from the institutional Church. Those respondents who feel discontented with ecclesiastical teachings would be more inclined to opt for "Christian" rather than "Catholic".
We did not observe a significant effect of any of the demographic variables (age, gender, and years of experience in palliative care) on the clusters. The absence of any relationship is remarkable since often women are said to be more religious than men, and older people are assumed to be more religious than younger people. ,, In an earlier study about the religious views of a sample of Belgians, Dobbelaere and Voyι modified the theory that women are more religious than men, by making a distinction between women who work outside the house and those women who do not. Dobbelaere and Voyι observed that the religious views and practices of women who work outside the house are closer to the practices and views of male respondents.  The distinction between women working outside the house or not may explain the lack of a relationship between gender and religion or world view in our survey, as all our respondents, both men and women, work outside the house.
Earlier European and Belgian surveys showed that older respondents are more religious than younger respondents. , In our survey we did not observe such difference. Maybe the differences in age between our respondents were too limited to show an influence of age on religious and ideological views and practices.
Earlier surveys, investigating the influence of religion on the attitudes of physicians toward euthanasia, observed that religiosity negatively influences approval of euthanasia.  In our research we noted that physicians who have a strong belief in God and express their faith through participation in prayer and rituals, tend to be more critical toward euthanasia, though in our study only a minority (30.8%) of these respondents could be called an opponent of euthanasia. Physicians who deny the existence of a transcendent power and who hardly attend religious services, are more likely to approve of euthanasia even in ethically difficult cases, like the cases of minors or demented patients. In our survey we found no atheist respondent that could be termed an opponent of euthanasia. It is clear from our study that religion and worldview is an important factor determining attitudes toward euthanasia, taking into account that the influence of atheism is probably more unequivocal than that of religion.
Among Flemish palliative care physicians there is huge variation regarding religious or ideological views, ranging from traditional Catholics to confirmed atheists. Due to the variety in answers it is difficult to divide the physicians in clearly delineated groups. Like the Belgian general public, many Flemish palliative care physicians concoct their own religious or ideological identity and feel free to drift away from traditional religious and ideological authorities. Nevertheless, our research has shown that among Flemish palliative care physicians, religion is still a factor to be reckoned with.
We contacted all Flemish palliative care physicians, and obtained a response rate of 67.3%, which is relatively high for a sample of physicians, especially when the subject and the length of the questionnaire is taken into account. Therefore, our results are likely to be representative for all palliative care physicians in Flanders. Yet, we did not perform a non-response study to verify the representativeness of the results. We also have been unable to compare our findings with the religious and ideological views and practices of palliative care physicians in other European countries or regions due to a lack of available comparable international data.
Our study clearly showed that attitudes toward euthanasia are influenced by religion and worldview. Though we would never argue that religion and worldview are the only determining factor, they do have an important impact on the way palliative care physicians see a number of delicate ethical issues at the end of life.
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