Category: Euthanasia

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 …

By Michael  Cook As Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying 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 to die because social services are inadequate. They do not want …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Janine Benedet and Isabel Grant, who are law professors at the University of British Columbia (UBC), wrote an excellent opinion article that was published in the Globe and Mail on April 17 titled: Canada’s permissive assisted-dying culture is devaluing people with disabilities. The writers are commenting on domestic murder and …

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 …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Cinema Daily published an interview by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi on April 17 with Chie Hayakawa, the director of the controversial film “Plan 75”, an award winning film at the Cannes film festival. Hayakawa’s “Plan 75” is a dystopian criticism of the negative attitudes towards aging and elderly people. …

By Right to Life UK The Netherlands is set to widen its regulations allowing euthanasia for children of all ages. Currently, euthanasia is available for Dutch citizens who are not terminally ill but suffering from “normal degenerative conditions that accompany ageing” that can be considered to cause “unbearable suffering with no prospect of improvement”. The …

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebello de Sousa has vetoed the euthanasia bill . According to Natasha Donn, reporting for the Portugal Resident on April 20 President Marcelo has returned the 4th draft of the bill decriminalising assisted dying to parliament, admitting that his reservations are his own and will not …

Could there be a better example of the slippery slope at work? By Michael Cook Voluntary assisted dying in the Australian state of Victoria was legalised in 2017 and the first legal euthanasia took place on July 15, 2019. The legislation had succeeded despite bitter opposition. Perhaps MPs believed assurances from the Andrews government that its …

By Michael Cook Portugal’s parliament approved a new version of a euthanasia bill approved, this Friday. The third version now goes to the President, Marcelo Rebello de Sousa. This is almost becoming a habit in Portugal. The president has already vetoed two previous versions of the bill and passed them to the Constitutional Court for review, as provided …

By Wesley J. Smith Because of course they do. Once euthanasia is accepted by a society, it is a one-way street, continually expanding the killable castes. The Dutch already allowed euthanasia for ages twelve and up. Now, it is down to age one. From the NTD News story: The Netherlands has said it will broaden its euthanasia regulations to …