24

Jun

70% Favour Care Over Assisted Suicide – misco survey

70% of Malta residents prefer palliative care that ensures a natural, pain-free death over assisted suicide, while nearly half admit they would consider ending their life early through euthanasia to…

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12

Dec

Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths

The rate of medical assistance in dying - also known as euthanasia - has grown in Canada for the fifth straight year, albeit at a slower pace. The country released…

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11

Mar

Macron backs ‘end of life’ bill, aims for parliament debate in May

By Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish President Emmanuel Macron said for the first time that he backed new end-of-life legislation that would allow what he called "help to die" and…

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18

May

Portuguese president passes law allowing euthanasia

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed a bill decriminialising euthanasia into law in the Catholic-majority country after parliament on Friday overturned the last of…

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16

Apr

Dutch cabinet clears way for euthanasia for terminally ill children

The Dutch cabinet has agreed to make euthanasia a possibility for very sick children who have run out of options for treatment, in line with proposals published by health minister…

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14

Dec

Dutch court rejects attempt to widen euthanasia laws

THE HAGUE, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The Netherlands does not have to make assisting in a suicide legal for anyone beyond medical professionals, Dutch judges ruled on Wednesday, rejecting a…

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11

Dec

Canada urged to delay allowing assisted suicide for mentally ill and children as young as 12

Canada is being urged to delay plans to expand assisted suicide to mentally ill people and possibly even "mature minors" as young as 12. The country already has some of…

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14

Oct

Dutch right-to-die group fights to widen legal euthanasia boundaries

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A right-to-die group told judges this week that a Dutch law which allows physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands but criminalises others who help people end their…

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24

Aug

Jailed shooter is euthanised in Spain

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish prison authorities on Tuesday euthanised a man who had shot and wounded four people in December and was subsequently wounded in a shootout with the police,…

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14

Oct

Dutch government backs euthanasia for under-12s

The Dutch government has agreed on plans to make euthanasia legal for terminally-ill children under the age of 12, local media reported. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said he would…

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22

Apr

Dutch court approves euthanasia in advanced dementia cases

The Netherlands’ highest court ruled Tuesday that doctors can carry out euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia if the patient has earlier made a written directive. The Supreme Court ruling…

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23

Oct

Paralympic gold medallist Marieke Vervoort ends life through euthanasia

Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort has ended her own life through euthanasia. The 40-year-old - who had an incurable degenerative muscle disease - won gold and silver at the London 2012…

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21

Sep

Euthanasia and assisted suicide trade dignity for false compassion – Pope Francis to Medical Doctors

Pope Francis told a group of Italian doctors Friday they must resist the temptation to participate in assisted suicide or euthanasia, which trades the dignity of the patient for a…

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27

Aug

Netherlands : Trial seeks to determine legal framework on euthanasia in dementia patients

A landmark euthanasia trial in the Netherlands is trying to find an answer on what to do with dementia patients who may have previously stated their wish to die under…

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11

Jul

Frenchman at centre of end-of-life debate dies

A French quadriplegic man, who became a symbol of the right-to-die debate in France, has died nine days after doctors removed his feeding tubes. Vincent Lambert, 42, had been in…

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24

Jun

The Netherlands opens investigation into three euthanasia cases

Three euthanasia cases involving women with psychiatric conditions and dementia are under investigation in the Netherlands. Dutch prosecutors confirmed that the deaths, in 2017 and 2018, were being investigated for…

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19

Jun

The Australian state of Victoria has enacted euthanasia laws

The Australian state of Victoria has enacted euthanasia laws to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with lethal medication. The first death could take place in as soon…

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04

Jun

“I breathe but no longer live” – Teenager who was raped by two men last post, before dying of legal euthanasia due to ‘unbearable suffering’ (UPDATED)

UPDATE - A severely ill Dutch girl widely reported by international media as having been “legally euthanised” in a clinic in the Netherlands died at home, apparently after voluntarily refusing to…

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13

Apr

Euthanasia debate flares up in Spain as election campaign kicks off

  Hours after the election campaign officially kicked off in Spain, it is being shadowed by the arrest of a 69-year-old Spaniard on homicide charges after he helped his terminally…

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