Euthanasia has become a common way to die in the Netherlands, accounting for 4.5 percent of deaths, according to researchers who say requests are increasing from people who aren't terminally ill. Read more >>
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A study from the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that euthanasia and assisted suicide contribute to as much as 5% of deaths in the Netherlands. Read more >>
Since Belgium legalized doctor-assisted suicide in 2002, over 13,000 people have died at their physicians’ hands; euthanasia is also being used as a “cure” for mental-health problems and other non-terminal illnesses. Now the government has bullied a Catholic organization into adopting the practice. Read more >>
A case in Canada demonstrates that people who are seriously ill or handicapped need to be accommodated, and doing that does not include a lethal injection.
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Momentum is finally shifting against the legalization and expansion of assisted suicide. Twenty-three states have rejected bills attempting to legalize assisted suicide since the beginning of 2017, and these bills are now considered dead for the remainder of the year.
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