BY DILARA ASLAN ANKARA SEP 20, 2020 – 3:19 PM GMT+3 EDITED BY DILARA ASLANGreek soldiers prepare to board a ferry at the port of the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo (Megisti-Meis), […]
New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill people, preliminary referendum results show https://t.co/q5qWtZgV4R — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 30, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, […]
Source: The Guardian Italy’s constitutional court has ruled it was not always a crime to help someone in “intolerable suffering” kill themselves, opening the way for a change of law […]
Source: BBC News A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia. Prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify […]
Source: BBC News By Andrew Bomford Image copyrightBEFORE IT’S TOO LATE It’s not unusual for Dutch patients with dementia to request euthanasia, but in the later stages of the disease […]
Source: The Local The suggestion that the state should fund ‘sexual assistants’ for the disabled has provoked fierce debate across the country.”Funding for sexual assistance is conceivable for me,” Elisabeth Scharfenberg, who is the spokesperson for the Green party’s age and care policy, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. “The […]
Source: RT The mayor of the popular Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen has penned a letter to the regional government begging them to tackle the “massive problems” posed by crime rates among refugees, while police say “blacks are in charge of the town.” The letter, part warning to regional authorities, part cry […]
AUG 21, 2014 – 00:30 A pilot study in the Journal of Medical Ethics has found that the number of so-called “suicide tourists” coming to Switzerland for assisted suicide services […]
U Alberta study: An overwhelming majority of Albertans believe dying adults should have the right to request to end their life, according to new research from the University of Alberta. […]
The Ottawa Citizen: Doctors euthanize deaf Belgian identical twins who could not bear to go blind Identical twins have been killed by Belgian doctors in a unique case under the […]
Huff Post Is there a glimmer of mercy in the universe? Dwelling in silence this morning in the ballet studio, I reflected on the 35 years I have called the ballet barre home. As I looked across the room my eye caught the image of one of my fellow classmates […]
Huffington Post: A landmark report in Quebec recommends that doctors be allowed in exceptional circumstances to help the terminally ill die if that is what the patients want. The report was released in the legislature on Thursday after two years of work from the so-called Dying With Dignity Committee, a […]
The ancient Romans used to expose unwanted babies on hillsides. Thankfully, we have come a long way since those bad old days. We would never countenance letting a baby die of exposure or get eaten by animals. No, today’s infanticide promoters insist that babies be killed painlessly. After all, we aren’t barbarians! […]