The British High Court recently heard a legal challenge from a terminally ill British man who wants the right to die. But before moving forward with assisted suicide legislation, legislators should look to the example of other countries.
Continue reading Legalising assisted suicide is dangerous – just look at CanadaThe US House of Representative Committee on Appropriations approved an amendment by Representative Andy Harris (Maryland), who is also a physician, that prohibits funds for assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and repeals the D.C. Death with Dignity Act. Read more >>
Continue reading UNITED STATES (DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA): US House Appropriations Committee approves repeal of the DC assisted suicide Act:The recent assisted suicide report from the California Department of Public Health indicates that there were 111 reported assisted suicide deaths in 2016. Read more >>
Continue reading UNITED STATES (CALIFORNIA): 111 reported assisted suicide deaths in California in 2016:The parents of Charlie Gard, an 11-month-old newborn suffering from a rare genetic condition, have privately expressed their concern after discovering that the lawyer appointed to represent their son in court heads a charity that backs assisted dying. Read more >>
Continue reading UNITED KINGDOM: Charlie Gard’s parents angry that baby’s lawyer is head of charity that backs assisted dying:According to the Netherlands 2015 official euthanasia report there were 5561 reported assisted deaths in 2015 and yet the data from the study indicates that there were 7254 assisted deaths in 2015. Therefore, there were 1693 unreported assisted deaths (approximately 23%) in 2015. Read more >>
Continue reading NETHERLANDS: Netherlands study: 431 people were killed without explicit request in 2015: