New York Daily News UK court says lawyers can help right-to-die manThe Associated PressHe says he wants to end his life, and his lawyers sought a declaration that they could seek information about his options — including Swiss assisted-suicide clinics — to help him prepare a legal challenge. Under British law, assisting a suicide is [...]
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Telegraph.co.uk Lawyers can seek volunteers to help 'locked-in' man dieTelegraph.co.ukBy John Bingham Two senior judges ruled it would be “manifestly unjust” to stop them helping him prepare a legal challenge to the law on assisted suicide – even if doing so could assist his suicide, which would be illegal. Once a keen sportsman, …and more »
Money Marketing Call for providers to set out assisted suicide policyMoney MarketingProtection advisers have called on life companies to clarify whether they will pay out in cases of assisted suicide. Zurich, Aviva, Aegon, Friends Life, PruProtect, Bright Grey, LV= and Ageas Protect all confirm they do not have any exclusions for …
Scottish Catholic Observer Assisted suicide debate revivedScottish Catholic ObserverThe Catholic Church in Scotland has condemned Margo MacDonald's latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide, just a year after her last effort was roundly defeated in the Scottish Parliament. The Independent Lothians MSP unveiled a new consultation on …
The Moral Liberal Europe: Assisted Suicide “Must Always be Prohibited”The Moral LiberalThe Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (“PACE” – pictured above) has banned euthanasia (assisted suicide) in Europe. The newly adopted Resolution provides, “Euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a …Victory: Council of Europe Adopts Resolution [...]
LifeNews.com Victory: Council of Europe Adopts Resolution Against EuthanasiaLifeNews.comThis Resolution is a major victory for the protection of life and dignity; it comes a year after the European Court asserted that there is no right to euthanasia or assisted suicide under the European Convention. It is a new major victory for life and …Major victory [...]
Camden New Journal newspapers website “Care of the Dying” debate – Assisted suicide is like murder, says MP Glenda …Camden New Journal newspapers websiteBy TOM FOOT GLENDA Jackson has voiced vehement opposition to legalising assisted suicide in a Parliamentary debate, comparing the act to “murder”. The Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn opposed calls for [...]
The Christian Institute MSP in second bid to change the law on assisted suicideThe Christian InstituteAn Independent MSP has launched a second attempt to overturn the law against assisted suicide in Scotland, but critics warn it would set a dangerous precedent. Margo MacDonald's last attempt to legalise assisted suicide was soundly rejected in 2010 by [...]
Assisted suicide needs careful considerationBarre Montpelier Times Argus… cases of abuse of the disabled and elderly, let alone prevent the abuse in the first place. Assisted suicide is laden with the potential for manipulation and exploitation of the worst kind — ie, exploitation and manipulation with fatal consequences.