Search results for "euthanasia"
-
1.9KAnalysisMedia 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...
-
3.8KGuest 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...
-
1.5KNewsbreakAfter 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...
-
4.0KIssuesAssisted 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...
-
1.7KIssuesPro-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...
-
11.0KInternationalNew 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....
-
1.6KInternational
College 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...
-
1.4KInternationalAustria 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...
-
1.2KHuman 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...
-
5.1KAnalysisSon 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...
-
14.5KAnalysisSuicide 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...
-
1.5KInternationalNetherlands 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...
-
1.9KInternationalItaly 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...
-
2.1KIssuesProfessor 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...
