Search results for "euthanasia"
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979InternationalFamily of elderly Canadian woman says doctors tried to pressure her into euthanasia
A Canadian couple is speaking out about how their elderly family member was pressured to be euthanized while battling cancer. Joan Rohoway,...
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760Guest ColumnMedical journal normalizes partnering organ harvesting with euthanasia
(National Review) In 1993, my first ever anti-euthanasia column warned in Newsweek that once euthanasia became accepted widely, it would be followed by organ harvesting “as...
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457InternationalPro-euthanasia bill heads to Chile’s Senate for debate
Legislation that would legalize euthanasia in Chile was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, and is now...
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908InternationalNZ study: The longer med students are in school, the more likely to oppose euthanasia
Last year, New Zealand legalized euthanasia after a referendum overwhelmingly passed. The law is set to take effect this November, but already,...
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Pushback in Ireland over euthanasia bill: ‘This isn’t a gentle, peaceful death’
Opponents of euthanasia are pushing back against a bill in Ireland meant to legalize it. They argue that while it is widely...
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1.4KInternationalPortugal’s top court overrules Parliament vote legalizing euthanasia
Less than a month after Parliament voted to legalize euthanasia in Portugal, the country’s top court has overruled that decision. In a...
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891IssuesSouth Africa considers legalizing physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia
Last week in South Africa, a retired judge heard testimony from two terminally ill individuals petitioning for a change in the law...
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856Guest ColumnBelgium euthanasia law broken, says academic study
(Right to Life UK) A recently published article in an academic journal has found a “widening” scope and failing safeguards in the...
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875AnalysisUN Office of Human Rights condemns euthanasia for people with disabilities
Disability rights organizations are praising the United Nations (UN) Office of Human Rights for speaking out against disability-based euthanasia. Three UN experts...
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1.3KAnalysisHealthy personal trainer used ‘suicide kit’ to kill himself using euthanasia drugs
A 33-year-old personal trainer in the United Kingdom recently took his own life, using a “suicide kit” he ordered online which contained...
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1.5KGuest ColumnCanadian hospice to be shuttered for refusing to participate in euthanasia
(National Review) I have written here before about Delta Hospice in British Columbia, which has been under unremitting pressure by the government...
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1.0KHuman InterestSpanish man with ALS condemns euthanasia: ‘We must prioritize a dignified life’
As Spain moves to legalize euthanasia, the Spanish people have been speaking out against it. One of them, 36-year-old Jordi Sabaté Pons,...
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1.1KGuest ColumnPoll suggests 80% of New Zealand voters didn’t know what the euthanasia law would do
(Right to Life UK) Polling suggests that 80% of those who voted in October’s assisted suicide referendum in New Zealand misunderstood what the law...
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5.7KIssuesCanadian woman loses battle to prevent husband of 48 years from death by euthanasia
In October, a Canadian woman lost her battle to prevent her husband of almost 50 years from dying by euthanasia. Katherine, whose...
