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A physician expresses his concern for the issue of protecting those who are depressed in the offering of euthanasia in Canada. Read more >>

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Washington’s ‘Death with Dignity’ law allows doctors to help people commit suicide once they’ve determined that the patient has only six months to live. But what if they’re wrong?Read more >>

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Claims that euthanasia availability is about empowering people to freely make choices must be confronted with the reality that demarcation lines determining who is able to receive the service are state-sanctioned declarations about whose life has worth. Read more >>

Continue Reading → Whose life is worth living? Assisted suicide draws a line

While Canada's criminal code has been updated to include assisted dying and criteria for obtaining it, there are still many ambiguities in terms of its implementation and who qualifies to obtain it. One ambiguity is whether assisted dying should be extended to prison inmates. Read more >>

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The suspect in Japan’s worst mass murder in postwar history told police he was trying to “save” people with multiple disabilities and had “no remorse” for what he did. Read more >>

Continue Reading → Care home massacre probed as mercy killing