Medical-Aid-in-Dying bill gets final legislative approval

Medical-Aid-in-Dying bill gets final legislative approval

Lawmakers passionately debated Medical-Aid-in-Dying legislation before a final vote Thursday afternoon.

The governor sends inspectors to the Padua USL to speed up the procedures, after a patient's request. His convictions on the matter weigh, but above all the precedents of the judiciary in the event of a lack of action. “We need a national law on the end of life.” He's been saying it for some time, Luc...

Rush to legalize assisted suicide (UK). Have the vulnerable become expendable? - Catholic Canada

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New hemicycle, new government, new text... The parameters of the debate have changed and are complicating the situation. Defenders of the text believe that adoption is possible, and are concerned to maintain the overall balance.

Peter Singer faces backlash for endorsing assisted suicide for a "complete" life

The prominent philosophy professor, Peter Singer, who has previously written that parents should be allowed to euthanise babies with disabilities, is now facing a backlash after he endorsed assisted suicide for those who feel their life is “complete”. Philosophers Peter Singer and Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek interviewed psychologist Daniel Kahneman, 90, just a few days before he died by assisted suicide in Switzerland. Kahneman was not terminally …

D66 pushing for improved euthanasia options for people suffering from dementia

People suffering from dementia should have better access to euthanasia, D66 thinks. It is currently “too often” the case that people suffering from dementia do not meet the criteria for assisted suicide because they cannot illustrate their request for it or cannot repeat it. D66, who made the assisted suicide laws possible, wants to remove euthanasia from the Criminal Code and is preparing a private member's bill to this effect, the party announ…