The American College of Physicians, after studying the issue, has issued a policy statement against the legalization of assisted suicide. Read more >>
Continue Reading → UNITED STATES: American College of Physicians Opposes Assisted Suicide:
In Oregon, 48.9% of patients who ended their lives under the state’s assisted suicide act said that fear of being a burden was one of their reasons. We should be very worried by this, argues Charles Foster, a British medical ethicist. Read more >>
A New York Court has rejected a petition by three terminally ill patients to be allowed access to assisted suicide drugs. Read more >>
Continue Reading → UNITED STATES (NEW YORK) Assisted suicide push fails in New York:
Membership in a suicide advocacy group has doubled after the organization was featured on a TV show. Read more >>
Continue Reading → THE NETHERLANDS: Suicide Group Membership Grows After Advertising ‘Death Powder’:
A New Zealand parliamentary committee has issued a report showing that 80 percent of people submitting their views about euthanasia opposed “assisted dying”. Read more >>