The Netherlands legalised both euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2002. The data shows an overwhelming preference for euthanasia. In 2015, there were 6672 euthanasia deaths and only 150 assisted suicide deaths; the total comprising at least 4.5% of all deaths.
Continue reading Dutch right-to-die group confirms elder abuse risk – but doesn’t seem to careAvailability of euthanasia continues to expand insatiably in the Netherlands and, if permitted, the same will happen here.
Continue reading Because There Can Never be Enough SuicideThe British High Court recently heard a legal challenge from a terminally ill man who wants the right to die. The fact that courts are hearing a challenge to the British blanket ban on assisted dying is deeply worrying.
Continue reading Legalising assisted suicide is dangerous – just look at Canada:The CBC’s coverage of Margot Bentley, a one-time nurse whose advanced dementia is apparently causing a legal furor, is concerning as the outrage seems to be more focused on an legal system that does not bow to personal wishes.
Continue reading Why Does the CBC Hate my Mom?With nearly every state assisted suicide legislative attempt complete, initial data from a research study by Dr. Jacqueline H. Abernathy at Tarleton State University finds a staggering increase in the number of attempts to legalize assisted suicide in U.S. over the past year, in spite of an overwhelming failure rate associated with such legislation: fewer than one percent of all assisted suicide bills become law. Read more >>
Continue reading UNITED STATES: Assisted suicide legalization defeated in the US in 2017: