Something in the water?
I haven’t done a comprehensive peer-reviewed study of this issue, but my working hypothesis is that at certain positions in the zodiac, people start discussing...
Competing Canadian reports on mental illness and euthanasia
Governments have to meet March deadline for amended legislation Photo by Ian Espinosa on Unsplash The Provincial and Federal governments in Canada need to amend...
Is the ‘slippery slope’ just a big nothingburger?
A Canadian bioethicist denies that there is a euthanasia slippery slope Opponents of assisted dying legislation often issue dire warnings about “slippery slopes”. Supporters take...
Making Alabama men share the burden of reproductive rights restrictions
A bill would mandate vasectomies This news from the “weird and wonderful” department comes from Alabama. First, the backstory. Last year its legislature passed a...
Coronavirus has killed 1500. But are quarantines the answer to stopping the epidemic?
Travel bans appear to be ineffective, study shows The latest figures for the coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) epidemic are about 67,000 confirmed cases of...
BMA surveys doctors on assisted dying
And a former Archbishop of Canterbury backs it Supporters of euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United Kingdom have cheered the British Medical Association’s survey...
Australian euthanasia movement gathers momentum
The euthanasia lobby is cock-a-hoop Uluru, in Central Australia Two Australian states, Victoria and Western Australia, have legalised euthanasia. This year will see battles over...
Switzerland to allow prisoners to request assisted suicide
Details to be worked out Euthanasia and assisted suicide in prison is always a controversial issue, even when they are legal. Informed consent is difficult...
Spain gears up for right-to-die fight in its parliament
Opponents promise fierce resistance A scene from "Mar Adentro" A bill to allow euthanasia and assisted suicide took its first step in the Spanish parliament...