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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Alberta judge greenlights euthanasia for 27-year-old autistic woman DESPITE objections from her dad, who says she's healthy - just 'vulnerable' due to mental health problems

A judge in Canada has cleared the way for a 27-year-old autistic woman to be euthanized despite objections from her dad, who says she's 'healthy' — just 'vulnerable' due to her mental health problems. Justice Colin Feasbyackowledged that the daughter's death would be 'devastating' for her parents Alberta Health Services says euthanasia is a 'sensitive and emotional' issue for people …

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10 months ago

France announces law allowing assisted dying at home

The Independent

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10 months ago

France’s Macron announces legislation allowing ‘aid in dying’ under strict conditions

Associated Press

PARIS — French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country. In an interview published Monday by French newspapers La Croix and Liberation, Macron said the new bill will be restricted to adults suffering from an incurable illness who are …

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1 year ago

Why I believe Dame Esther Rantzen is profoundly wrong on assisted dying - father of a daughter with learning disabilities fears an irrevocable slide towards the indiscriminate killing of the vulnerabl

Daily Mail

Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose to a crescendo this week. Earlier this week, the Mail's Sarah Vine wrote a heartfelt piece explaining why she has come to support assisted dying, and it is impossible not to be moved by pleas from terminally-ill patients confronting death, such as Dame Esther. Dame Esther Rantzen, who …

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1 year, 9 months ago

What is assisted dying? Why is France mulling a law on it?

Firstpost

Assisted suicide is when someone of sound mind and volition is helped to take their life by providing drugs that are to be self-administered. France’s national council of doctors remains opposed France is considering legalising assisted suicide. Assisted suicide in France Up to 70 per cent of French people are in favour of active help in dying, according to a …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Belgian woman euthanised after being traumatised by ISIS attack

Daily Mail

A physically healthy 23-year-old was helped to take her own life in a 'truly shocking' euthanasia case in Belgium. Shanti De Corte, traumatised after a terror attack in 2016, died in May after medics agreed she was so depressed that she could be legally euthanised. Last night, British campaigners fighting the introduction of assisted dying laws warned that even if …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Column: Should our aid-in-dying laws be expanded, or are we moving too far too fast?

LA Times

To take advantage of California’s narrowly drawn assisted suicide law one must be terminally ill, with only six months to live, as certified by not one but two doctors. Film director Jean-Luc Godard brought the debate into the mainstream last week when he opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland after being diagnosed with “multiple incapacitating illnesses.” Opinion Columnist Nicholas Goldberg …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Friend vs Friend: The Law Struggles to Offer 'Relief' in a Rare Euthanasia Case

The Quint

Meanwhile, a former High Court judge elaborated on why the man, according to him, might not be permitted to make the travel. "Attempting to visit Zurich under a subterfuge for treatment in Belgium, when the real intent is to go for euthanasia in a non-terminal case is forbidden under Indian law even after the 2018 Common Cause Constitutional bench judgement …

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2 years, 4 months ago

‘Disturbing': Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws

Associated Press

TORONTO — Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening. Many Canadians support euthanasia and the advocacy group Dying With Dignity says the procedure is “driven by compassion, an end to suffering and discrimination and desire for personal autonomy.” But human rights advocates say the country’s regulations lack necessary safeguards, devalue the lives …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled

Associated Press

TORONTO — Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening. Tim Stainton, director of the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship at the University of British Columbia, described Canada’s euthanasia law as “probably the biggest existential threat to disabled people since the Nazis’ program in Germany in the 1930s.” Canada’s health minister Jean-Yves …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws

LA Times

This photo provided by Gary Nichols shows him, right, with his brother, Alan, on the eve of his euthanization in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, in July 2019. Many Canadians support euthanasia and the advocacy group Dying With Dignity says the procedure is “driven by compassion, an end to suffering and discrimination and desire for personal autonomy.” But human rights advocates …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Portugal’s lawmakers approve 3rd attempt to allow euthanasia

Associated Press

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s parliament voted for the third time in just over a year Thursday in favor of allowing euthanasia, though like the previous two attempts, the country’s Constitutional Court or president could lawmakers’ support from becoming law. Lawmakers approved four bills that would permit euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Portugal. Isabel Moreira, a Socialist lawmaker who championed the …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Portugal’s parliament backs revised bill allowing euthanasia

Associated Press

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s parliament approved a reworded bill Friday to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and seriously injured people, after a court blocked the initial version because of what it said was unclear terminology. Most of the court’s judges concluded the wording of the bill was “imprecise” in its definition of the circumstances under which a …

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3 years, 2 months ago

'The only slippery slope is the one that I'm on': terminally ill woman looks to euthanasia law

ABC

A terminally ill woman from the New South Wales Mid North Coast hopes the state's politicians will support a new bill to allow terminally ill people to end their own lives. Key points: The voluntary assisted dying bill will be introduced into the NSW parliament on Thursday Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams will co-sponsor the bill Data shows people with …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Another Australian state legalizes voluntary euthanasia

Associated Press

BRISBANE, Australia — Voluntary euthanasia became legal in a fifth Australian state on Thursday, more than 20 years after the country repealed the world’s first mercy killing law for the terminally ill. Queensland’s Parliament passed the law with 61 of the state’s 93 lawmakers voting in favor. Queensland’s law, which takes effect in January 2023, allows people suffering from a …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Freedom To Die: A Look At Active Euthanasia's Position In The Indian Legal System

Live Law

Active euthanasia or voluntary euthanasia, sometimes also known as aggressive euthanasia is the act of voluntarily administering substances by a physician with the patient's consent which is capable of ending the patient's life thereby putting an end to their suffering which has led them to the decision to die in the first place. Laws Of Other Countries Allowing Active Euthanasia …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Voluntary assisted dying law passes South Australia's Parliament on way to becoming law

ABC

A bill to legalise euthanasia has passed South Australia's Lower House for the first time and is now all but certain to become law. Key points: MPs debated the legislation into the early hours of Thursday Several amendments were added to the bill and it now has to go back to the Upper House to be ratified If endorsed, South …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Euthanasia rally held as SA Upper House set to debate bill and others call for palliative care funding

ABC

Stricken with cancer of the larynx, Ray Hardy was nursed through his final days by his loving son Kevin. Key points: SA parliament is due to debate its assisted dying bill on Wednesday night A palliative care organisation wants more funding Supporters of the bill rallied outside parliament on Wednesday afternoon It was that deeply personal experience that saw Kevin …

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4 years ago

The NT pioneered voluntary euthanasia before the law was overruled. Now there is a campaign to restore it

ABC

Sharon Cramp-Oliver has boxes full of her mum's old diaries. Doctors maintain objections as political pressure mounts Australian Medical Association NT branch president Robert Parker said while he wanted the NT to have the power to make its own laws on assisted dying, the AMA believed doctors should not be involved in interventions which had the "primary intention" of ending …

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4 years ago

Spain’s parliament votes to legalize euthanasia

Associated Press

MADRID — Spain’s parliament voted Thursday to approve a bill that will allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions. Spain is following the footsteps of Iberian Peninsula neighbor Portugal, whose parliament approved similar bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in February. A small group of people gathered outside Madrid’s lower house …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Donor law and 'completed life' champion MP Pia Dijkstra to quit politics

Dutch News

D66 MP Pia Dijkstra is quitting politics after the general election in March next year, after initiating landmark donor registration legislation and a bill to facilitate euthanasia for people who consider their life to be complete. Dijkstra’s proposal to make euthanasia available to people who feel they have lived a complete life is controversial and unlikely to become law any …

Dijkstra Quit Politics

4 years, 3 months ago

Donor law and 'completed life' champion MP Pia Dijkstra to quit politics

Dutch News

D66 MP Pia Dijkstra is quitting politics after the general election in March next year, after initiating landmark donor registration legislation and a bill to facilitate euthanasia for people who consider their life to be complete. Dijkstra’s proposal to make euthanasia available to people who feel they have lived a complete life is controversial and unlikely to become law any …

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4 years, 4 months ago

'Right to Die': Frenchman to Livestream His Death after President Turns Down Request for Euthanasia

News 18

A Frenchman who is suffering from an incurable condition said Friday he plans to livestream his death on social media as he refuses to take food, drink or medicine after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia. “Because I am not above the law, I am not able to comply with your request,” Macron said in a letter …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Queensland voluntary euthanasia laws to be deferred after October election

ABC

Legislation that would legalise voluntary euthanasia will not be passed by the Queensland Government this term, with the draft legislation to instead be referred to the law reform commission. But Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told parliament this morning the legislation would instead be referred to the Queensland Law Reform Commission for consideration, with an expectation it would respond after the October …

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Alberta judge greenlights euthanasia for 27-year-old autistic woman DESPITE objections from her dad, who says she's healthy - just 'vulnerable' due to mental health problems

France announces law allowing assisted dying at home

France’s Macron announces legislation allowing ‘aid in dying’ under strict conditions

Why I believe Dame Esther Rantzen is profoundly wrong on assisted dying - father of a daughter with learning disabilities fears an irrevocable slide towards the indiscriminate killing of the vulnerabl

What is assisted dying? Why is France mulling a law on it?

Belgian woman euthanised after being traumatised by ISIS attack

Column: Should our aid-in-dying laws be expanded, or are we moving too far too fast?

Friend vs Friend: The Law Struggles to Offer 'Relief' in a Rare Euthanasia Case

‘Disturbing': Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws

Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled

Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws

Portugal’s lawmakers approve 3rd attempt to allow euthanasia

Portugal’s parliament backs revised bill allowing euthanasia

'The only slippery slope is the one that I'm on': terminally ill woman looks to euthanasia law

Another Australian state legalizes voluntary euthanasia

Freedom To Die: A Look At Active Euthanasia's Position In The Indian Legal System

Voluntary assisted dying law passes South Australia's Parliament on way to becoming law

Euthanasia rally held as SA Upper House set to debate bill and others call for palliative care funding

The NT pioneered voluntary euthanasia before the law was overruled. Now there is a campaign to restore it

Spain’s parliament votes to legalize euthanasia

Donor law and 'completed life' champion MP Pia Dijkstra to quit politics

Donor law and 'completed life' champion MP Pia Dijkstra to quit politics

'Right to Die': Frenchman to Livestream His Death after President Turns Down Request for Euthanasia

Queensland voluntary euthanasia laws to be deferred after October election