October 19, 2020
(The Hill) – Dutch officials have announced plans to allow doctors to end the lives of terminally ill kids under the age of 13, according to multiple reports. The Netherlands currently permits doctors to facilitate the deaths of children who … Read More
October 5, 2020
(Medscape) – Medically assisted dying is illegal in the United Kingdom, but it continues to be debated. Now three physicians argue that it’s time for a fresh look at the issue. Having previously not supported a change in the law, … Read More
September 25, 2020
(U.S. News & World Report) – The Vatican doubled down on its opposition to euthanasia on Tuesday, calling it an “act of homicide” that can never be justified or tolerated. A new document, issued as more countries consider legalising euthanasia … Read More
September 17, 2020
(Daily Mail) – A champion of the Dutch euthanasia system has admitted that British critics are right to warn that assisted dying is a slippery slope to ‘random killing of the defenceless’. Dr Bert Keizer said that the type of … Read More
September 11, 2020
(BBC) – A terminally ill Frenchman who was blocked from livestreaming his own death on Facebook has now accepted palliative care and backed down on a vow to starve. Alain Cocq, 57, started to refuse food, drink and medicine on … Read More
August 14, 2020
(The Japan Times) – Prosecutors on Thursday indicted two doctors over the death of a terminally ill 51-year-old woman with ALS, alleging they took part in her medically assisted suicide last year with her consent. Yoshikazu Okubo, 42, and Naoki … Read More
August 7, 2020
(MedPage Today) – Outcomes for recipients of livers deemed “marginal” have been improving over time, while it appears just as good for livers procured after euthanasia, two studies showed. Organs that fell into the 90th percentile on the Donor Risk … Read More
July 28, 2020
(Christianity Today) – The final legal arguments have been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of a Belgian man contesting the euthanasia of his mother in 2012. Godelieva de Troyer, 64, suffered depression but was physical … Read More
July 7, 2020
(ABC News) – The federal government launched a broad national campaign Tuesday aimed at reducing high suicide rates, urging the public to reach out to others, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, and acknowledge daily stresses in people’s lives.
June 30, 2020
(The Texan) – Michael Hickson, husband to Melissa and father of five children, died at age 46 on Thursday, June 11 at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center after the hospital withheld treatment from him, including hydration and nutrition, for … Read More
