House of Lords debates assisted suicide—again
Baroness Meacher / screenshot GBNews Once again, the House of Lords in the UK is debating a bill to legalise assisted suicide. Lord Joffe introduced...
Prominent Australian assisted suicide campaigner dies
The Grand Old Man of assisted suicide in Australia, Dr Rodney Syme, died this week at the age of 86, after suffering a stroke. He...
Debate begins on NSW euthanasia bill
Parliament of New South Wales A euthanasia bill will be tabled soon in the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Alex Greenwich,...
WHO calls for better palliative care world-wide
The topic of this year’s World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on October 9 was “Leave no one behind: Equity in access to palliative care”. The provision...
BMJ champions ‘assisted dying’
The editors of the BMJ recently put the prestige of their publication squarely behind “voluntary assisted dying”. In a long editorial with 30 footnotes, “Assisted...
Illegal euthanasia of infants continues in Belgium
It is well-known that eligibility for euthanasia in Belgium is elastic. However, there are limits. The law only permits the euthanasia of minors who are...
Euthanasia leaves Aboriginal Australians even more vulnerable
In 2018 Labor Senator Pat Dodson, a Yawuru man from Broome, Western Australia, gave a speech in Federal Parliament on voluntary assisted dying from an...
Queensland legalises ‘assisted dying’
The Australian state of Queensland is the latest jurisdiction to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Nearly all of Australia now has access to “assisted dying”....
British Medical Association goes neutral on ‘assisted dying’
The British Medical Association, the lead group for doctors in the United Kingdom, no longer opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide. After a vote at its...
Is fear of burdening the planet driving a rise in vasectomies?
‘I just don’t want to bring children into a world like this ...’ Vasectomies for childless Australian men in their 20s and 30s are rising...
Danish ethicist opposes euthanasia in BMJ
A former chair of the Danish Council of Ethics has published a broadside on legalised euthanasia in The BMJ. Ole Hartling, a doctor, author and...