One of the most frequently repeated claims by proponents of assisted suicide laws is that there is “no evidence or data” to support any claim that these laws are subject to abuse, and that there has not been “a single documented case of abuse or misuse” in the 18 reported years. These claims are demonstrably false. Read more >>
Continue Reading → OREGON, USA: The real story about safeguards around assisted suicide in Oregon:
Under Oregon and Washington State’s lax oversight, these are some of the documented abuses and complications that have come to light. Read more >>
The Des Moines Register newspaper uncovered significant problems with the practice of assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington State. They learned that the data is incomplete, that there are missing reports (under-reporting) and that the laws are not designed to be effectively monitored. Read more >>
The Ohio Senate passed a bill making assisting in a suicide a felony. It has become the fifth state to recently strengthen legal protections against the adoption of assisted suicide. Read more >>
Continue Reading → OHIO, USA: Ohio passes bill making assisted suicide a felony:
A 41-year-old man has ended his life by fatal injection rather than carry on living as an alcoholic, in a radical new extension of Holland’s euthanasia regime. Read more >>
Continue Reading → NETHERLANDS: Dutch euthanasia law is used to kill alcoholic: