Search results for "euthanasia"
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590InternationalNew Zealand statistics show one to two people choose assisted suicide every week
New figures out of New Zealand show that one to two people have chosen assisted suicide each week since the country legalized...
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762Human RightsFrance passes motion declaring China’s treatment of Uighurs as genocide
On January 20, lawmakers in France passed a formal resolution declaring China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim people as genocide. The motion,...
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788AnalysisCase report in US shows woman may undergo assisted suicide for anorexia
In 2013, there was international outrage when a woman in Belgium underwent assisted suicide for anorexia; there was a similar response around...
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512IssuesDelaware faces pushback on assisted suicide from disability advocates
As Delaware lawmakers gather to discuss a bill legalizing assisted suicide, local and national groups advocating for the rights of the disabled...
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2.0KInternationalNova Scotia to allow self-administered assisted suicide option
“First, do no harm.” This popular principle reminds health care professionals of their duty to consider the ethical implications of what they...
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532InternationalUnited Kingdom looks to reduce prosecutions of ‘mercy killings’
The United Kingdom is considering a proposal that would reduce the chance that a person responsible for the “mercy killing” of another...
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1.6KHuman RightsElder abuse is flourishing in Australia as assisted suicide grows
As Australia, like many other places in the world, has been increasingly legalizing assisted suicide, one issue should be giving lawmakers pause:...
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631InternationalBritish surgeon and professor warns that assisted dying hurts the vulnerable
In a recent op-ed for The Times, British Lord Ian McColl, a surgeon and professor, expressed his belief that more efforts should...
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794AnalysisMedia romanticizes point-blank shooting of woman with dementia
In 2019, a New York Times contributor faced massive backlash after framing a couple’s murder-suicide as a “love story.” Now, two years...
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1.6KGuest ColumnUK Parliament group reveals assisted suicide horror stories
(Right to Life UK) Parliamentarians have uncovered a number of assisted suicide horror stories and huge problems with the assisted suicide Bill...
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640NewsbreakAfter nearly two decades of attempts, Massachusetts will again consider assisted suicide bill
For 20 years, the state of Massachusetts has been considering the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, but bills to do so have consistently...
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2.9KIssuesAssisted suicide doctor now working on assisted suicide ‘implant’
The Australian assisted suicide enthusiast who recently made headlines for his suicide machine that will kill people with the click of a...
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654IssuesPro-assisted suicide websites are teaching millions how to kill themselves
Assisted suicide and euthanasia have been touted as dignified ways for people who are terminally ill or profoundly suffering to take their...
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7.9KInternationalNew Zealand pays $1000 to doctors who euthanize ‘severely hospitalized’ COVID-19 patients
The New Zealand government has announced that patients admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 can be killed via euthanasia, according to Scoop....
