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...
Don’t forget about Luxembourg, a world leader in assisted dying
Euthanasia and assisted suicide been legal in Luxembourg since 2009. The person requesting euthanasia or assisted suicide must have a serious, incurable and irreversible affliction...
New study questions institutional conscientious objection to assisted dying in Victoria
Winning the battle for the legalisation of euthanasia is just a first step. To achieve open, equal and universal access to assisted dying, campaigners are...
Portuguese Parliament passes its third euthanasia bill – but will the President sign it?
Portugal’s parliament approved a new version of a euthanasia bill approved, this Friday. The third version now goes to the President, Marcelo Rebello de Sousa....
Is Canada’s assisted dying law really in crisis? A UK group says No
A flurry of media reports in the Canadian media is spooking supporters of assisted dying around the world. There are allegations that patients have been...