All posts tagged "assisted suicide"
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354Guest ColumnDisturbing: Canadian computer program hopes to predict when elderly have just months to live
(National Review) As if we needed further evidence that medicine is growing increasingly impersonal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal has published a...
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667AnalysisBioethicist slams California for considering assisted suicide for those with dementia
A new op-ed from Charles Camosy, a professor of bioethics and moral theology at Fordham University, warns of the risks that assisted...
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245InternationalOpposition rallies as Australian state of New South Wales considers legalized assisted suicide
Just last week, Western Australia became the second Australian state to legalize assisted suicide, as a law passed in 2019 took effect....
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291InternationalAs Spain legalizes assisted suicide, Catholic bishops call for protecting life
As Spain becomes the fifth nation in Europe to allow assisted suicide, Catholic Spanish bishops are calling for conscientious protections as well...
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295InternationalWestern Australia becomes second state to legalize assisted suicide
Expanding the push towards legalized assisted suicide, the state of Western Australia has become the second in the country to legalize the...
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343InternationalBritish Columbia assisted suicide rate now among highest in world
Frightening new statistics on assisted suicide rates in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia show that the province had the highest number...
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247InternationalScotland to consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide
UPDATE, 7/6/21: A Scottish physician group, Our Duty of Care, has sent a letter to signed a letter to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf...
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469InternationalFamily 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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393AnalysisCanada faces pushback over expanding assisted suicide for those with mental illness
Canada’s ever-accelerating expansion of physician-assisted suicide gained significant momentum with the government’s March 2021 decision to allow mental illness as a qualifying...
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2.3KHuman RightsProtests of ‘Me Before You’ movie take place around the world
The newest “romance” to hit the big screen has been widely publicized as a film that portrays how to “live boldly” with...
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1.9KNewsbreakCanadian hospitals and clinics refuse to participate in doctor-assisted suicide
After a 2015 ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court ordered the federal government to amend the criminal code to allow for euthanasia,...
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1.3KOpinionNo, it isn’t a “blessing” when someone with a disability dies
Today’s culture is strangely paradoxical when it comes to disability and mental illness. On the one hand, medical advances have greatly increased...
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5.8KOpinionPeople with disabilities do ‘live boldly’ — and they’re not better off dead
There’s a good chance you’ve seen advertisements for a new movie that has been released. Imploring moviegoers to “live boldly,” “Me Before...
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4.1KInternationalVictim of sexual abuse euthanized in the Netherlands
The legalization of euthanasia always starts off in a seemingly benign manner: a case is made that people who are suffering from incurable...
