Search results for "euthanasia"
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515InternationalCollege of Psychiatrists of Ireland argues against assisted suicide, for better palliative care
As Irish legislators prepare for a special committee to review a proposed bill on assisted suicide and euthanasia in the new year, the...
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579InternationalAustria becomes the latest country to legalize assisted suicide
Austria’s parliament voted to legalize assisted suicide on Thursday, December 16. The vote follows a federal court ruling last year, which determined...
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482Human InterestAssisted suicide advocate uses mother’s self-starvation to promote death
A 58-year-old woman in Scotland starved herself to death in 2014 after learning she had lung cancer and had been given six...
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4.1KAnalysisSon shoots elderly father in the head after he was denied assisted suicide
A man who shot his father will not serve any jail time after a judge ruled that the murder was an act...
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11.9KAnalysisSuicide machine in Switzerland causes death with the click of a button
UPDATE, 12/18/2021: Some sources are saying that Switzerland has not officially approved the use of the Sarco machine and that it was...
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634InternationalNetherlands makes it easier for doctors to euthanize patients with dementia
In 2017, international outrage erupted after a doctor in the Netherlands forcibly euthanized a patient with dementia. After being drugged with a...
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779InternationalItaly allows assisted suicide for healthy man whose only ‘illness’ is disability
Authorities in Italy have approved the assisted suicide death of a 43-year-old man identified only as Mario, who is a quadriplegic. Unlike...
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1.2KIssuesProfessor Peter Singer, infanticide advocate, wins million-dollar philosophy award
Princeton bioethics professor Peter Singer, widely known as an advocate for infanticide, has been awarded a million dollar prize for his contribution to...
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4.2KHuman RightsBiden-Harris HHS seeks to end so-called ‘serious and harmful’ religious exemptions for health care workers
The Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of Civil Rights’ (OCR) division intend to end religious-freedom exemptions...
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3.1KAnalysis
Disturbing revelations about assisted suicide: ‘They may end up drowning’
As assisted suicide gains in popularity around the world, people seem to be increasingly drawn to the promise of “death with dignity.”...
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675AnalysisDespite claims to the contrary, assisted death is suicide and it is a tragedy
As the call to make assisted suicide legal in the United Kingdom gains popularity, one advocate is publicly making the claim that...
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816Human RightsMalta police crack down on pro-lifers, alleging ‘hate speech’
The largely pro-life country of Malta, located south of Sicily, has been facing pressure to legalize abortion and euthanasia and abandon its deeply-held principles....
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600InternationalGroup organizes to fight New Zealand’s disturbing new assisted suicide law
As New Zealand’s problematic assisted suicide law came into effect on November 7, a group of alarmed citizens is stepping up where...
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11.0KInternationalReport: Belgian doctors euthanized 24 infants in 15 months
A study from Belgium has revealed that over the course of 15 months, 24 infants were killed by lethal injection in Flanders,...
