A citizen's initiative to raise the issue of euthanasia in the Finnish Parliament has passed the requisite 50,000 signatories required to trigger a parliamentary debate. Read more >>
Continue reading FINLAND: Finland set to debate euthanasia:Euthanizing the mentally ill: Once prohibited — indeed, unthinkable — the euthanasia of people with mental illnesses or cognitive disorders, including dementia, is now a common occurrence in Belgium and the Netherlands. Read more >>
Continue reading BELGIUM: Europe’s morality crisis:James Hanson has been fighting an up and down battle against an aggressive strain of brain cancer, and has dedicated the last year and a half to fighting assisted suicide legislation across the country.
Continue reading A terminal patient dedicated to fighting assisted suicide legislationLed by Democratic legislators, last week saw the Medical Aid in Dying Act introduced in the state Legislature of New York. But when you think deeply about the practice of assisted suicide, it is antithetical to liberal values.
Continue reading Assisted suicide vs. liberal valuesA Dutch woman doctor who asked an elderly patient's family to hold her down while she administered a fatal drug dose has been cleared under Holland's euthanasia laws.
Continue reading Panel clears Dutch doctor who asked family to hold patient down as she carried out euthanasia procedure