NH bill allows health care providers to objectBoston.comThe bill would allow providers to conscientiously object to participating in health care services including abortion, birth control, artificial insemination, assisted reproduction, euthanasia, sterilization, assisted suicide and stem-cell research.and more »
Santorum on Target about Netherlands' Euthanasia LawsAmerican Thinker (blog)If you're not familiar with Dutch euthanasia and assisted-suicide laws, it pays to be. That such laws exist at all are tragic; that they're so loosely defined is chilling. That Dutch laws could come to America is more than downright frightening.and more »
Greek Tragedy: assisted suicide of Greece, by Germany?Business InsiderHe went further saying that this is essentially “assisted suicide”: The German strategy seems to be to make life so unbearable that the Greeks themselves will want to leave the eurozone. Ms Merkel certainly does not want to be caught with a smoking gun …
Murder in the NetherlandsNational Review Online (blog)But only slightly less than 2 percent of all deaths are euthanasia/assisted suicides: In 2005, of all deaths in the Netherlands, 1.7% were the result of euthanasia and 0.1% were the result of physician-assisted suicide.
A last goodbye: Actor Chris Larner wrote a play about assisted suicide after …Manchester Evening NewsChris Larner wrote a heart-felt play about his ex-wife's assisted suicide. 1/2 Play Slideshow After taking his ex-wife to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland, actor Chris Larner turned the grim story of her assisted suicide into a play.
Georgia high court strikes down assisted suicide lawAmerican Medical NewsThe Supreme Court of Georgia has struck down — on First Amendment grounds — a state law intended to prevent assisted suicide. Reversal of the law means that a physician and three others who were charged with helping a man take his own life in 2009 [...]
Greens Candidate says jail for assisted suicide is wrong solutionMy Sunshine Coast (press release)The Greens candidate for Noosa, Dr Jim McDonald, said that jailing people who have assisted people with serious illness to end their lives was a poor solution to a problem no-one wants to face. He was referring to the jail sentence today [...]
The Age (blog) A moral storm in a mortal teacup?The Age (blog)Sir Terry Pratchett has made known his wish for an assisted suicide, and has funded the Commission on Assisted Dying. The great comic fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett is not dead but says he wants to be soon. And he wants to be able [...]
Brisbane Times (blog) A moral storm in a mortal teacup?Brisbane Times (blog)Sir Terry Pratchett has made known his wish for an assisted suicide, and has funded the Commission on Assisted Dying. The great comic fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett is not dead but says he wants to be soon. And he wants to be able [...]
Sydney Morning Herald (blog) A moral storm in a mortal teacup?Sydney Morning Herald (blog)Sir Terry Pratchett has made known his wish for an assisted suicide, and has funded the Commission on Assisted Dying. The great comic fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett is not dead but says he wants to be soon. And he wants to [...]