Two years after an abrupt price hike for a lethal drug used by terminally ill patients to end their lives, doctors in the Northwest are once again rethinking aid-in-dying medications — this time because they’re taking too long to work.
Continue Reading → Docs in Northwest Tweak Aid-In-Dying Drugs to Prevent Prolonged Deaths
The right-to-die movement uses misleading language to sanitise what is being campaigned for, most notably the euphemistic ‘right-to-die’. But the debate is about whether or not we have a right to be killed.
Continue Reading → Frank Wilson: Right-to-die is the gateway to euthanasia
Should patients who want to self-harm be assisted, so as not to offend their personal autonomy?
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Autism Coalition of Quebec: In response to insufficient action, several parents of children with autism have formed Autism Coalition of Quebec, an advocacy group.
Continue Reading → Fed-up parents launch advocacy group
According to a 2015 report in the Financial Times, about 3 percent of all Dutch deaths are now the result of euthanasia. Even more horrifying is that you no longer have to be terminally ill to be euthanized in many places. Mental illness is an increasingly common justification.
Continue Reading → The Sad Expansion of Euthanasia