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 >>
Continue reading UNITED STATES (OREGON): Is fear of being a burden a good reason for assisted suicide?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 >>
Continue reading NEW ZEALAND: Report confirms a massive majority against euthanasia in New Zealand:A recent survey published by the University of Sherbrooke has sparked general indignation as the results showed that 91% of the family caregivers surveyed would agree to extending euthanasia to terminally ill people who are incapable of decision-making.
As mentioned in a Huffington Post article, this serious attack on the humanity of incapable people also shows that euthanasia is insinuating into our collective thinking the notion that death – not good health care, quality support and adequate ...
Continue reading Pressures to extend euthanasia: the opposition is still alive