Search results for "euthanasia"
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5.1KInternationalDutch health minister recommends allowing euthanasia for young children
Dutch health minister Ernst Kuipers has introduced a proposal to parliament that would allow euthanasia for young children aged one through 12. The...
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1.5KInternationalPortugal, facing ‘double demographic aging,’ pushes hard to legalize euthanasia
On Thursday, June 9, the Portuguese parliament voted for the third time to approve legislation allowing both euthanasia and assisted suicide. Four...
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1.9KInternationalQuebec considers euthanasia for people with Alzheimer’s
Quebec lawmakers are currently considering legislation that would allow assisted suicide for people with Alzheimer’s. Bill 38 would expand the province’s medical...
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3.0KInternational600 Muslim fishermen beg for euthanasia due to poverty and discrimination
Leaders of a Muslim fisherman community in Porbandar, India — the hometown of Mahatma Gandhi — are pleading with authorities to allow...
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1.5KInternationalBelgium to consider expanding euthanasia access for those with dementia
Lawmakers in Belgium are considering a move that would loosen the country’s euthanasia laws to allow the practice for those suffering from...
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2.4KInternationalBelgium euthanasia deaths are on the rise, especially for the mentally ill
The number of deaths from euthanasia in Belgium increased by several hundred from 2020 to 2021, with the number of people euthanized...
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1.8KInternationalIn disturbing interview, euthanasia activist speaks of killing couples together
The co-president of the Swiss assisted suicide organization Exit International recently spoke to VICE about what it’s like to help people die...
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1.4KInternationalItalian woman changes mind about euthanasia after archbishop intervenes
An Italian woman who was considering euthanasia has changed her mind, and she credits her archbishop for the conversion. According to Aleteia,...
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2.5KInternationalPro-euthanasia group wants to force religious medical facilities to commit assisted suicide
The pro-euthanasia group Dying with Dignity Canada is demanding an end to religious exemptions that allow medical facilities with a religious affiliation...
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4.3KHuman RightsWoman considering euthanasia learns she had been misdiagnosed
The story of a Canadian mother of three who was considering doctor-assisted suicide is shining a light on one of the fatal...
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2.0KOpinion
Euthanasia is dangerous and immoral, not dignified
Society has been free-falling into a new age of so-called “dignified death,” including euthanasia for children, the innovation of suicide pods and...
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2.2KGuest ColumnBelgium criticized by UN Human Rights Council for euthanasia law
(Right to Life UK) Belgium has been criticised for its radical euthanasia law during a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights...
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4.6KInternationalAfter long fight, non-terminally ill Colombian woman dies by euthanasia
Martha Sepúlveda, the Colombian woman who made headlines for advocating for her own euthanasia even though she did not have a terminal...
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3.0KInternationalColombian man dies by euthanasia though he didn’t have a terminal illness
A Colombian man has legally taken his own life under the country’s relaxed euthanasia laws, even though he did not have a...
