Search results for "euthanasia"
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8.8KIssuesAssisted suicide proponents renew push to legalize it in New York
On the heels of New York’s Reproductive Health Act, which allows for abortions at any time under reasons of the mother’s “health”...
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1.8KHuman RightsHorror: 27 patients euthanized through drug overdose at Ohio hospital
An Ohio Hospital is facing allegations that employees euthanized 27 patients between 2015 and 2018. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Mount Carmel...
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943Investigative‘Father of abortion rights’ called self a ‘disciple’ of Planned Parenthood founder
Larry Lader, rightly dubbed the “father of the abortion rights movement,” influenced the women’s movement of the 1960s to push abortion. Lader was a writer...
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422Human RightsSon seeks justice for depressed mother killed by assisted suicide
In 2012, Tom Mortier’s mother, Godelieva De Troyer, was euthanized at the hospital of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) in...
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584AnalysisAssisted suicide is legal in Hawaii, but most doctors unwilling to participate
Last year, Hawaii became the sixth state to legalize assisted suicide, with the law officially going into effect earlier this month. But...
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582Newsbreak7 reasons New Mexico assisted suicide bill is ‘most dangerous’ yet
A new bill being considered by New Mexico lawmakers has some opponents saying that it’s so radical, it’s the most dangerous bill...
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1.0KAnalysis
Scientists push assisted suicide for ‘dignity’ of Alzheimer’s patients
Proponents of assisted suicide frequently argue that it will only be reserved for those who are terminally ill and dying, who have...
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764InternationalBelgian ‘Dr. Death’ takes pride in the fact that he has killed 140 people
Marc Van Hoey is a Belgian doctor and president of “Right To Die Flanders.” He’s killed 140 people through assisted suicide — something...
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886IssuesStudy: Most people don’t know what ‘assisted suicide’ actually means
As legislatures around the world grapple with the question of assisted suicide, proponents often claim majority support for legalizing it. But a...
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6.1KAnalysisBelgian doctors claimed a woman was autistic, then euthanized her
In Belgium, assisted suicide is shockingly common, and since being decriminalized in 2002, the circumstances under which someone can be killed have...
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29.9KIssuesDutch doctor who forcibly euthanized dementia patient to be prosecuted
Last year, a Dutch doctor made international headlines after she euthanized an elderly woman against her will. The patient, a 74-year-old woman...
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866Human RightsStranger gives £100,000 for UK boy to get life-saving cancer treatment in U.S.
Last May, four-year-old Zac Oliver, who lives in the United Kingdom, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. After his family...
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3.3KHuman InterestNurses launch program at Georgetown to ensure that no one dies alone
The act of dying is not something most people anticipate with excitement. Further making death something to dread is the idea of...
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3.4KInvestigativeAWFUL: Government continues research using aborted babies old enough to live outside womb
The National Institutes of Health — a part of the federal Department of Health and Human Services — signed a federal contract...
