Category Archives: Assisted Suicide
Man who inherits after assisting friend’s suicide gets six months
By Dr. Peter Saunders One of the strongest arguments against legalising assisted suicide is that vulnerable people might feel pressure to end their lives so as not to be a burden to others. Another strong argument is that those who
Suicide Prevention Bill passes second reading in parliament
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition applauds Harold Albrecht MP for successfully steering Bill C-300 through second reading in Canada’s parliament. C-300 is a bill that intends to launch a national suicide prevention strategy in Canada. Albrecht, who has been working for
Melchert-Dinkel appealing his conviction in death of Nadia Kajouji
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article that is written by Samantha Bushey and published Wednesday in the Faribault Daily News [Minnesota] explains that William Melchert-Dinkel, who was convicted for his part in the death of Canadian
Georgia Supreme Court Cites Free Speech Concerns in Striking down state law banning public advertising of suicide
By Dave Andrusko In a decision that was not unexpected, the Georgia Supreme Court yesterday unanimously struck down a 1994 state law that banned people from publicly advertising suicide. The measure was passed at a time when “Dr. Death”—Jack Kevorkian—was
Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Assisted Suicide Law
WASHINGTON – Citing a violation of First Amendment Rights, the Georgia State Supreme Court today struck the state’s 1994 law which classified as a felony anyone who “publicly advertises, offers or holds himself out as offering that he or she
The Man Behind the “New Public Face of American Assisted Suicide”
By Dave Andrusko In some ways it’s a rather strange headline: “After the death of Jack Kevorkian, Lawrence Egbert is the new public face of American assisted suicide.” The Washington Post’s Manuel Roig-Franzia tells us that Egbert, formerly the medical
Controversial UK commission backs assisted suicide
By Michael Cook The United Kingdom [UK] should legalise assisted suicide, says a report by a private group headed by former lord chancellor Lord Falconer. The Commission on Assisted Dying, which, despite its official-sounding name, was funded by a right-to-die
Assisted Suicide’s Deadly Threat to Elderly
By Wesley J. Smith The Sunday Times [of London] has a good editorial out opposing the legalization of assisted suicide in the UK, which is now in the midst of a big policy push seen there every few years. It
Assisted Suicide case in British Columbia- An Update
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) legal counsel, Hugh Scher, argued the points of our intervention in the Carter case in Vancouver before Justice Smith on December 14, 2011. The Carter case, which is