Category: Euthanasia

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Kevin Yuill, the author of the book “Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalisation” wrote another excellent article published by Spiked on May 22, 2023. In his article, Yuill is responding to an article that was published in the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME), which has garnered a …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Editor’s note. Alex Schadenberg and Wesley J. Smith are teaming up to address the American and Canadian experience with euthanasia and assisted suicide at the 2023 National Right to Life Convention. For more information, go to https://nrlconvention.com/product-category/2023-registration. Canada legalized euthanasia in June 2016 by giving doctors and nurse practitioners the …

By Wesley J. Smith Alas. The president of Portugal just signed into law a bill legalizing euthanasia by lethal injection. It is not limited to the terminally ill — which is at least honest, since that is not what euthanasia/assisted suicide is really all about.  From the Reuters story: The law specifies that people would be allowed to …

By Michael Cook Why are more people resorting to euthanasia in Belgium? The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in 2022, according to figures published on February 17 by the Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia. The number of people who died was 2,966 – 2.5% …

By Michael Cook Canada is not the only country caught up in a debate about euthanasia for people with disabilities. In Spain, the Comunidad de Madrid, the local government of the national capital, created an agency to care for the disabled, AMAPAD, earlier this year. One feature of the new agency is some hurdles for disabled people in …

By Michael Cook Canada is the only country which regards euthanasia for people incarcerated in prisons as a human right. Nine prisoners have received euthanasia in the seven years since legalisation – more than any other country. But since prison, by definition, deprives people of their rights, euthanasia in a prison setting present unique challenges. …

By Michael Cook For the fifth time, Portugal’s parliament has approved a bill legalising euthanasia. It passed with a comfortable majority — 129 votes to 81. The provisions of Portugal’s bill are similar to laws passed in Netherlands and Belgium in 2002. Those eligible must be over 18, must be suffering from an incurable disease, must …

By Wesley J. Smith Editor’s note. Wesley and Alex Schadenberg are teaming up to address the American and Canadian experience with euthanasia and assisted suicide at the 2023 National Right to Life Convention. For more information, go to https://nrlconvention.com/product-category/2023-registration. Once killing the sufferer becomes a societally acceptable means for ending suffering, there becomes no end to the “suffering” that justifies human termination. We …

Half would allow euthanasia for people with a disability By Michael Cook As Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying [MAiD] regime expands, it is meeting more resistance. One of the most powerful criticisms, one which has surfaced often in the media, is that some people with chronic illnesses, whose death is not reasonably foreseeable, are choosing …

By Michael Cook Canada is in the middle of a vigorous debate about whether incurable mental illness is grounds for Medical Assistance in Dying. This has been approved by Parliament, but public reaction forced the government to delay implementation until 2024. In a sensitive and eloquent essay in the online magazine Psyche, a Belgian psychiatrist, Marie Nicolini argues …

Editor’s note. This story was sent to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition by a nurse who wanted to remain anonymous. The nurse changed all names to ensure the privacy rights of those involved. –Alex Schadenberg. They say euthanasia is a compassionate, dignified way to die. They say everyone should have the option, and that a life …

 By Right to Life UK Before a debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia in the Cambridge Union, only two people, out of over two hundred, indicated that they were opposed to it. However, after the debate, over half voted as opposed to it or abstained from voting. In March this year, the oldest continuously running …