Assisted Suicide
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As UK lawmakers revisit assisted suicide, palliative care prof says ‘aid in dying’ advocacy misleads
A peer in the House of Lords has put forward a proposal to revisit the legalization of assisted suicide in... Read more
Canadian bishops condemn new assisted suicide law
Canada’s Catholic bishops have condemned the country’s new assisted suicide law, and are asking for people to pray and to... Read more
New Mexico legalizes assisted suicide
New Mexico’s governor on Thursday signed a bill legalizing assisted suicide in the state. Read more
Canada’s assisted suicide law could especially harm indigenous peoples, group warns
A Canadian suicide prevention group is raising alarms that the country’s new assisted suicide law could especially harm indigenous peoples. Read more
New Mexico Senate passes assisted suicide bill
The New Mexico state Senate has passed a bill to decriminalize assisted suicide, which the state’s Catholic bishops had strongly... Read more
Bill expanding access to euthanasia, assisted suicide advances in Canada
Canada’s vulnerable populations are at risk due to Bill C-7’s expansion of euthanasia and assisted suicide to those with disabling,... Read more
Ireland’s Catholic bishops: Assisted suicide bill ‘fundamentally flawed’
Ireland’s Catholic bishops have said that a bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide is “fundamentally flawed.” Read more
Report: Patients being offered assisted suicide in apparent policy violation
An investigation by a Vancouver, Canada Catholic newspaper has uncovered evidence that at least one of the region’s publicly funded... Read more
Portuguese president requests constitutional review of proposed euthanasia law
Portugal’s president on Thursday requested a constitutional review of a recently-passed bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in the... Read more
Catholic archbishop: Austrian court ruling on assisted suicide ‘just the beginning’
An Austrian archbishop warned Catholics on Wednesday that a top court’s ruling on assisted suicide is “just the beginning.” Read more
Irish bishops decry bill to legalize euthanasia
Catholic leaders and human rights advocates have expressed concern over a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in Ireland. Read more
Disability cannot be grounds for voluntary euthanasia, UN officials say
A disability rights organization praised United Nations human rights experts for condemning voluntary euthanasia on the basis of disability. Read more
As assisted suicide continues to rise in Ontario, pro-lifers call for government action
As cases of assisted suicide continue to increase annually in Ontario, pro-life advocates have called on the government to implement... Read more
British Columbia hospice to be evicted over euthanasia opposition
A hospice in Delta, British Columbia is laying off all staff next month as they will be evicted from their... Read more
Spanish parliament advances legal euthanasia, despite Catholic opposition
Spain’s parliament has advanced a euthanasia and assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders had decried as “a defeat for all”... Read more
Austrian Catholic leader deplores court ruling on assisted suicide
An Austrian Catholic archbishop expressed dismay after the country’s top court ruled that assisted suicide should no longer be a... Read more
Spain’s Catholic bishops: Fast and pray against legalization of euthanasia
The Catholic bishops of Spain called Thursday for a day of fasting and prayer ahead of the expected approval of a... Read more
UK health secretary: traveling abroad for assisted suicide permitted under lockdown
U.K. health secretary Matt Hancock said Thursday that people traveling abroad for assisted suicide would not be breaking strict new... Read more
Despite concerns raised, New Zealand voters back assisted suicide
A strong majority of New Zealand voters approved the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia for the terminally ill Oct.... Read more
In grim accounting, Canadian report says assisted suicide saves health care money
A Canadian report has put a dollar figure on legal assisted suicide, claiming that legalization has saved millions of dollars... Read more
