An interview with Professor Michael Quinlan, dean of the law school at the Sydney campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia, about the spread of controversial procedures and conscientious objection for healthcare workers.
Continue Reading → When doctors say No
The Victorian Ministerial Advisory Panel charged by Premier Daniel Andrews with the task of developing a safe way to kill people and to help them to suicide, released its interim report.
Continue Reading → Truth: the first casualty
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled, Parliament has legislated and provinces have set up new systems. For most Canadians, the assisted suicide debate is last year’s news story. But Cardinal Gerhard Müller, head of the Catholic Church’s theological watchdog-agency, begs to differ.
Continue Reading → ‘Tragic’ euthanasia law must be fought, Cardinal Müller tells Canadian audience
A Toronto doctor who once likened assisted dying to the Holocaust is no longer in charge of a federally mandated process to determine whether Canadians should be able to make advance requests for medical help to end their lives.
An open letter from Yves Robert, secretary of the Collège des médecins du Québec urging us to reflect carefully on what exactly has been just made legal in Quebec before rushing to expand accessibility.
Continue Reading → Dr. Robert’s regrets: Towards death à la carte?