Euthanasia’s morality and legality may become a bigger issue in coming weeks, as the Senate takes up the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Especially in light of a recent Dutch case.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has taken a formal stance against euthanasia saying, “…a psychiatrist should not prescribe or administer any intervention to a non-terminally ill person for the purpose of causing death.” Read more >>
D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser signed an assisted suicide bill into law despite strong opposition from the black community, disability rights advocates, medial professionals, and others. Read more >>
Ohio legislature has passed a bill making assisted suicide a third-degree felony in the state. Read more >>
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals let stand the conviction of a national right-to-die group that assisted in the 2007 suicide of a Dakota County woman. Read more >>