Posts Tagged ‘Assisted suicide’

France postpones assisted dying bill until after papal stopover

Monday, September 25th, 2023

France appears set to legalise assisted suicide but will delay the presentation of its new end-of-life bill until after Pope Francis visits Marseille on 22-23 September. Originally planned for early this month, the bill is due to include “active aid to die”. Exact details have not yet been revealed, but the long debate about end-of-life Read more

Teen assisted suicide plan – horrific

Monday, July 3rd, 2023
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A plan to introduce assisted suicide to teens in Australia has Sydney’s Catholic archbishop sounding the alarm. The ACT Labor-Greens government’s proposal to allow teenagers as young as 14 to access voluntary assisted dying could see assisted suicide become available to “anyone that wants it”, says Archbishop Anthony Fisher (pictured). Every jurisdiction that has introduced Read more

Euthanasia is legal for tinnitus in Netherlands

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

An expert in euthanasia law in the Netherlands confirmed to MPs on Tuesday that there has been at least one case of someone being euthanised under Dutch law because they had tinnitus. During the third oral evidence session of the UK Health and Social Care Select Committee’s (HSCSC) inquiry into assisted suicide, MPs heard testimonies Read more

All out for 75

Thursday, May 25th, 2023

What if our health or happiness does not determine the age at which we die, but by those who deem us surplus to requirements and a burden on the state? In US author Lionel Shriver’s well-reviewed novel, Should We Stay Or Should We Go, a middle-aged married couple makes a pact to end their own Read more

Broaden euthanasia eligibility: Not now

Thursday, December 1st, 2022
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More palliative care investment is needed in New Zealand, says Royal College of GPs medical director Dr Bryan Betty. He’s concerned about ACT Party leader David Seymour’s desire to widen the End of Life Choice Act criteria. Seymour argues the change is necessary, as many who want assisted suicide are “missing out”. Seymour says this Read more

Long covid sufferer applies for assisted suicide

Thursday, August 11th, 2022
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A Canadian woman experiencing ongoing long covid symptoms more than two years after catching the virus has applied for voluntary euthanasia. Tracey Thompson, a Toronto resident in her 50s, told CTV News she had begun applying for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) due to her enduring illness and lack of financial support. MAiD first became Read more

Canadian woman suffering from long-term Covid applies for assisted suicide

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

A Canadian woman experiencing ongoing Covid symptoms more than two years after catching the virus has applied for voluntary euthanasia. Due to her enduring illness and lack of financial support, Tracey Thompson, a Toronto resident in her 50s, told CTV News she had begun the process of applying for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), a Read more

Assisted suicide ‘like a cancer’ in palliative care programmes

Monday, May 23rd, 2022
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Canada’s palliative care programmes are suffering while assisted suicide programmes are “growing like a cancer”. Fewer than 50 percent of patients wanting palliative care can access it. These findings contradict  the Government’s stated plans to its improve its palliative care provision. Evidence is mounting that assisted suicide is actively damaging the already inadequate palliative care Read more

Oregon drops residency requirement for assisted suicide

Monday, April 4th, 2022

Oregon has dropped its residency requirement for assisted suicide, meaning doctors will be allowed to prescribe lethal drugs to people who do not reside in the State. In response to a federal lawsuit, the State agreed to stop enforcing the residency requirement on March 28. In addition, the Oregon Health Authority agreed to write a Read more

Assisted suicide counseling via Zoom an even worse idea, foes tell Scottish lawmakers

Thursday, October 21st, 2021

Videophone evaluations are no way to assess someone for assisted suicide, critics have said, also warning that cost-based analyses which claim legal assisted suicide saves money show “callous indifference.” Some Scottish lawmakers are again advocating the legalization of assisted suicide and have now suggested that online consultations with doctors could help fulfil purported safeguard requirements. Read more