Euthanasia deaths in Quebec rising rapidly
On a monthly basis, deaths rose 75% Quebec’s euthanasia law came into effect three years ago, in December 2015. Since then, 1,664 Québécois have been euthanised,...
Architects of Victoria’s right-to-die law publish ‘manual’ on how to push legislation through
A Ministerial Advisory Panel reviews its success The Victorian Parliament by night One year ago, in December 2017, the Australian state of Victoria legalised euthanasia...
Internet scammers target people seeking to die
Exploiting endorsement from well-known euthanasia campaigners Internet scammers are using fake endorsements from well-known euthanasia campaigners to bilk gullible people. According to Derek Humphry, founder...
Belgian first: doctors to stand trial for violating euthanasia law
Autistic woman euthanised in 2010 Tine Nys (centre) with her sisters For the first time in the history of Belgium’s euthanasia law, doctors have been...
Australian assisted suicide a world first
A pastor coerced his wife into committing suicide for the life insurance An Australian man has been jailed for ten years for pressuring his wife...
Will Canada continue to ban advance directives?
Woman uses her euthanasia death to lobby for change Friends bid Audrey Parker good-bye / Chris Donovan, Globe and Mail Audrey Parker, a 57-year-old Canadian...
Did the leader in California’s governor’s race assist his mother’s suicide?
Gavin Newsom makes a startling admission in interview with The New Yorker More bioethics in American politics. As election day on Tuesday approaches, Democrat Gavin...
‘I feel your pain!’ Really?
Why do Americans suffer more nowadays? “I feel your pain,” Bill Clinton told an AIDS activist in the 1992 presidential campaign. Well, he probably didn’t....
Public prosecutor drops case against Dutch euthanasia doctor
The RTE was concerned that the patient had not provided written consent. Prosecutors in the Netherlands have dropped a case against a physician who euthanised...
Controversy surrounds Canadian Medical Association’s withdrawal from world body
Was it really over a few copied sentences? As we have already reported, the Canadian Medical Association resigned suddenly and dramatically from the World Medical...
Canadians and Dutch fail to shift World Medical Association opposition to euthanasia
A number of other nations have opposed change A view of Reykjavik The pro-euthanasia Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the Dutch Medical Association(KNMG) have failed...
If you cannot remember a crime, should you be executed for it?
A prisoner on death row in Alabama may not remember a murder he committed in 1985 On April 18, 1985 Vernon Madison shot an Alabama...