What is that bright light at the end of the tunnel?
Reports of near-death experiences -- with tales of white light, visits from departed loved ones, hearing voices, seeing Heaven -- capture our imagination. The fact...
Why is California lagging behind Canada in assisted dying?
In 2016 both Canada and California legalized assisted dying. But from then to 2021, 31,664 Canadians – 3.3% of all deaths -- died under Bill...
Canadian prisoners are choosing euthanasia but the public is none the wiser
Canada is the only country which regards euthanasia for people incarcerated in prisons as a human right. Nine prisoners have received euthanasia in the seven...
Portugal on the brink of legalizing euthanasia
For the fifth time, Portugal's parliament has approved a bill legalising euthanasia. It passed with a comfortable majority -- 129 votes to 81. The provisions...
Spanish governments lock horns over euthanasia for the disabled
Canada is not the only country caught up in a debate about euthanasia for people with disabilities. In Spain, the Comunidad de Madrid, the local...
New Zealand reports on its first year with legal euthanasia
Euthanasia and assistance to suicide became legal in New Zealand from 7 November 2021 under the End of Life Choices Act, which passed the Parliament...
One in four Canadians are cool with allowing euthanasia for poor people
As Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime expands, it is meeting more resistance. One of the most powerful criticisms, one which has surfaced often in...
What counts as evidence? a uniquely valuable analysis of a Belgian criminal case involving euthanasia
Marc De Hert, Sien Loos, Sigrid Sterckx, Eric Thys & Kristoff Van Assche, Improving Control Over Euthanasia of Persons With Psychiatric Illness: Lessons from the...
Canadian euthanasia: Let them die; they know what they’re doing
As Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime expands, it is meeting more resistance. One of the most powerful criticisms, one which has surfaced often in...
Disability rights groups launch lawsuit to quash California’s assisted suicide law
Several groups representing people living with disability are suing in the US District Court for the Central District of California to have the state’s End...
Netherlands to broaden euthanasia rules to cover children of all ages
Following Belgium, the Netherlands is set to legalise euthanasia for children. Until now, euthanasia was only available for people over 16, children between 12 and...
UK lords spar over assisted dying
The United Kingdom is again debating legislation for assisted dying. In late March peers from the House of Lords gave powerful speeches on both sides...