Search results for "euthanasia"
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989IssuesBishops in UK speak out against legalizing assisted suicide, urging others to do the same
The issue of euthanasia will be proposed to Parliament in the UK this week, and the local Roman Catholic bishops are speaking...
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931InternationalUK Parliament set to officially consider assisted dying bill as opponents issue warnings
Labour Member of Parliament Kim Leadbeater has announced she will propose a bill on October 16 which would legalize assisted dying in...
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1.2KIssuesAssisted suicide group halts applications to die via ‘Sarco’ pod… for now
An assisted suicide organization has announced that, for the time being, they are no longer accepting applications to die via the “Sarco”...
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1.3KInternationalDisability groups file challenge against Canada’s assisted suicide law
A coalition of disability rights groups filed a Charter challenge September 25 against a portion of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)...
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2.3KInternationalDisabled women are more at risk for assisted suicide than men in Canada. Here’s why.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) received a powerful brief from The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s...
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1.3KIssuesAs more states seek to loosen assisted dying rules, traveling to die grows in popularity
With increased euthanasia legislation across the U.S., as well as the weakening of residency requirements for some of these states, a new...
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1.3KIssuesWest Virginia residents to consider making assisted dying unconstitutional
This election season, voters in West Virginia will consider a constitutional amendment to ban physician-assisted suicide. Joint Resolution 28, which passed 88...
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917IssuesEx-doctor pleads guilty to aiding woman’s suicide
A former doctor pled guilty Tuesday to manslaughter for his part in helping a woman commit suicide. Stephen Miller, 85, traveled from...
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1.8KAnalysisAssisted suicide advocate disappointed more Californians aren’t dead
A neuroethicist who serves on the board of an assisted suicide advocacy organization wants California to be more like Canada, and expressed...
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2.0KIssuesVeterans Affairs Canada exposed for pressuring veterans to choose assisted death
Numerous Canadian veterans have been pressured by Veterans Affairs Canada caseworkers to choose euthanasia with the Medical Assistance in Dying program (MAID),...
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1.1KInternational‘Trojan horse’: Group campaigns to legalize assisted dying for mental illness in Canada
Dying with Dignity is attempting to allow assisted dying for mental illness in Canada, even though the government has delayed inclusion of...
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928InternationalScottish bishops push back on lawmakers’ assisted suicide proposal
Lawmakers in Scotland are currently considering a bill that would legalize physician-assisted death — and the nation’s Catholic bishops have spoken out...
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2.4KIssuesWoman who planned to die by ‘suicide pod’ has gone missing
An American woman who had planned to die by suicide using a “suicide capsule” in Switzerland has gone missing after the killing...
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2.1KInternationalREPORT: Canadians requesting assisted death are rarely denied, often killed in under two weeks
Physician-assisted death has been on the rise in Canada, and a new report has revealed that people who request assisted death through...
