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The website for the expert panel on assisted suicide and euthanasia is now public. They announce several upcoming consultation methods which will be made available soon. We urge you to go on the site and leave your details to receive the relevant information once these consultation methods are made available.

Important links:

• Consultation site: http://ep-ce.ca/en/home
• To receive notifications about the consultation: http://ep-ce.ca/en/home/#email_signup

The site advises that the consultations will target 4 fundamental questions:

• Different forms of physician-assisted dying (assisted suicide and/or voluntary euthanasia);
• Eligibility ...

Professor Pierre Deschamps recently published an excellent article (in French) on the topic of medical aid in dying. The article was published in "Les Développements récents", a publication of the Barreau du Québec. The article, entitled L'aide médicale à mourir ou l'instrumentalisation du droit à des fins politiques – Lorsque la fin justifie les moyens (Medical aid in dying or the instrumentilisation of the law for political purposes – when the end justifies the ...

A man who was found guilty of helping his mother kill herself in the Netherlands has just been cleared of any criminal responsibility. This shows a growing openness towards assisted suicide, and is one more step towards the relaxation of rules governing euthanasia and assisted suicide.

In 2008, Mr. Heringa provided his mother with enough pills for a fatal overdose. He was found guilty of that crime in 2013. However, the court didn't punish him, other than finding him guilty. ...