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...
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...
Should intractable mental illness make you eligible for euthanasia?
Canada is in the middle of a vigorous debate about whether incurable mental illness is grounds for Medical Assistance in Dying. This has been approved...
Belgian euthanasia chief explains 10% rise
Why are more people resorting to euthanasia in Belgium? The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in...
Making Victorian euthanasia easier
The first legal euthanasia in the Australian state of Victoria took place on July 15, 2019. Almost four years later, supporters are calling for some...
Belgian women euthanised for extreme psychological suffering
Wherever euthanasia is debated, the clincher argument is that it will spare a patient agonising pain in a terminal illness. But as these cases from...
Why are Canadian euthanasia deaths so high?
Euthanasia deaths in Canada have shot upwards. In 2015 there were none; in 2021, the last full year for which there are statistics, there were 10,064....
Belgium euthanasia deaths rise by nearly 10%
The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in 2022, according to figures published on February 17 by...
Canada moves toward euthanasia for children
Canada is moving rapidly towards an even more permissive euthanasia regime. A report by the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying to Parliament...
A Japanese professor at Yale floats the idea of mass suicide for the elderly
With a fertility rate of about 1.3 children per woman and a third of the population over 65, it seems inevitable that some Japanese should...