Disabled Canadian man complains about pressure to accept assisted suicide because his care costs too much
In an on-going case in Ontario, a severely disabled man is suing the Canadian government and local health authorities for poor care and for pushing...
Made in Canada: normalised euthanasia
The pace of normalisation of “medical assistance in dying” in Canada is picking up. A BioEdge reader noticed that McGill University in Montreal recently highlighted...
Marketing Canadian euthanasia as a soft and comforting choice
One of Canada’s best-known fashion retailers, Quebec-based La Maison Simons, has launched an advertising campaign based on euthanasia. A three-minute video on YouTube, supported by...
Belgium’s euthanasia law is unconstitutional, says high court. It’s not permissive enough.
Nearly 2,700 people were euthanised in Belgium in 2021, according to the official figures from the national euthanasia commission – an increase of 10% over...
Canadian man applies for euthanasia because he fears becoming homeless
A 54-year-old Canadian man has applied for euthanasia because he fears becoming homeless. Amir Farsoud, who lives in St Catharines, near Niagara Falls, is in...
Right-to-die group wants to liberalise Dutch euthanasia
A radical Dutch right-to-die group has challenged a ban on non-physicians helping people to die, claiming that it is a violation of European human rights...
Belgium rebuked over euthanasia management by European Court of Human Rights
After ten years in the courts, a Belgian man grieving over his deceased mother has lost a battle against his country’s euthanasia regime. Godelieva de...
Quebec doctors back euthanasia for newborns
Euthanasia in Canada is racing ahead. A law authorising doctors and nurses to give patients lethal injections was passed in 2016. A law to extend...
English nurse charged with serial killing of newborns
A 32-year-old nurse is on trial for murdering five new-born babies and attempting to murder 10 others at a hospital in the west of England....
Canadian euthanasia: bill to protect doctors’ conscience rights fails
It wasn’t a terribly controversial and it was a private member’s bill, and it failed to make headlines in Canada or elsewhere. But it seems...
Survivor of 2016 Brussels airport ISIS bomb is ‘euthanised’ for PTSD
On March 22, 2016, ISIS terrorists set off three bombs in at Brussels airport and at Maalbeek metro station. Thirty-five people died -- 32 civilians...
Dutch health minister wants to clear backlog of requests for euthanasia for mental health reasons
In a report to the Dutch Parliament in late September, the Dutch Minister for Health, Ernst Kuipers, discussed problems with a backlog of euthanasia requests...