Category: Assisted Suicide

By Steven Wade, Executive Director of the Brain Injury Association Editor’s note. This opinion article was published by the Concord Monitor on February 11, 2020 and reposted at the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. House Bill 1659 effectively gives physicians permission to prescribe drugs that result in patient suicide. We have serious concerns about the potential impact on …

Editor’s note. This article was originally published in ABC Religion & Ethics and Bioethics Outlook (Plunkett Centre for Ethics), and reposted at Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. By John Keown Victoria’s law permitting physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and voluntary euthanasia (VE) came into force in June last year. Other states, particularly Western Australia, may soon follow suit. All …

By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children A Dutch euthanasia clinic has revealed that the figure of 3,122 requests for assisted suicide it received in 2019 was “far more than expected” as the Netherlands struggles to meet increasing “demand.” The Euthanasia Expertise Centre, the Netherlands’ only euthanasia clinic, assisted in around 900 suicides …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I had the opportunity recently to attend a presentation by Trudo Lemmens a Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy at the University of Toronto, who spoke about the lessons Canadians need to learn from Belgium’s euthanasia law. Prof. Lemmens posted an opinion piece January …

By Amy Hasbrouck and Taylor Hyatt, Toujours Vivant – Not Dead Yet (TVNDY) Since last summer, TVNDY has been gathering stories of people who have been caught in the gears of the medical aid in dying (MAiD) machinery. Most were people who asked to die, but really needed help to live. Many were euthanized, or …

By Diane Coleman, President & CEO Not Dead Yet I just came across a brilliant letter that John Kelly sent to the Washington, D.C. Council when they were considering an assisted suicide bill in 2016. I should have posted it here then, but I am doing so now because it’s one of the best discussions …

By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children A majority of the MPs who spoke in a debate on assisted suicide in Parliament last week, called for protecting the vulnerable against suicide, but SPUC’s Alithea Williams warns that the fight is far from over. Christine Jardine, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, moved …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. The Isle of Man is located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The Isle of Man rejected a motion to consider legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide. After a five-hour debate the House of Keys rejected the call for further investigation into changing …

It is vital that MPs attend and speak against assisted suicide. By Society for the Protection of Unborn Children UNITED KINGDOM, January 21, 2020 – The U.K. parliament will debate assisted suicide on Thursday, January 23. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is urging pro-lifers to email their MPs and ask them …

By Wesley J. Smith Wonder of wonders: Belgium is prosecuting three doctors for illegal euthanasia. After thirty-eight-year-old Tine Nys received a lethal injection, family members reported the doctors—one a psychiatrist—to authorities. They claim Nys’s lethal injection violated the guidelines that doctors are supposed to follow under Belgium’s euthanasia laws. Their allegations are disturbing. Nys had …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A Massachusetts Superior Court has concluded that assisted suicide “is not authorized under Massachusetts law.” The decision was handed down last Friday. In its 24-page decision, the Massachusetts court explained why the Commonwealth prohibition on MAID [Medical Assistance in Dying] meets the rational basis for both due …

By Alex Schadenberg Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) USA has an event at the Albany State House on Tuesday January 14, 2020 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. There will be a press conference at 9 am. New York State is debating the legalization of assisted suicide. Dr Stanley Bukowski, from Amherst NY., wrote the following …