Attempts to legalize assisted suicide in Hawaii follow the same patter of loose framing that similar bills in other U.S. states featured. Read more >>
Continue Reading → UNITED STATES (HAWAII): Hawaii Suicide Bill Abandons “Safeguards”:
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:
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are now the leading cause of death in England and Wales. This means that for the first time, more people are dying of dementia than heart disease. Read more >>
Continue Reading → UNITED KINGDOM: Response to news of dementia being leading cause of death:
The Supreme Court of South Africa rejected euthanasia and assisted suicide by overturning a lower court decision that approved death of Robin Stransham-Ford. Read more >>
Continue Reading → SOUTH AFRICA: Supreme Court rejects euthanasia in South Africa: