An international non-governmental organization has submitted a contribution to the U.N. Human Rights Council’s review of Luxembourg’s euthanasia practices. Read more >>
Continue reading LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg’s Euthanasia Practice is At Odds with a Respect for Human Rights:Three women died at a resort island as Queensland’s Gold Coast and, when evidence quickly emerged that they had used the same Exit suicide method, the organization’s head, Philip Nitschke claimed association. But why aren’t we celebrating their death? Read more >>
Continue reading AUSTRALIA: Triple suicide in Queensland: why aren’t we celebrating?During the month of July, some media reported confidently and eagerly that euthanasia requests had decreased during the last 6 months in Quebec. According to their analysis, this decrease would be contrary to the trend observed in other countries that legalized death on demand before us. But is that correct? Not quite, actually. Several points need to be clarified and corrected in these fast-paced statements.
First, the available data are still partial: only 20 of the 28 institutions have published their data ...
Continue reading Jumping to conclusions with partial dataA parliamentary inquiry into euthanasia has sounded a clear warning that changing the law on assisted suicide could be seen as normalising suicide, and an overwhelming 80% of submitters have rejected calls for euthanasia in this extensive and lengthy inquiry.
Continue reading Suicide Prevention Harmed by Euthanasia – Govt ReportOn November 4, 2014, sixteen-year-old Cameron Lee, a popular, athletic, straight-A student at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, leapt in front of a commuter train. His death is one of many in a number of clusters that are becoming increasingly common.
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