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Families of loved ones “extremely upset”
A psychiatrist argued that legalising assisted suicide may lead to an overall increase in the suicide rate.
Assisted Suicide
Supporters of assisted suicide frequently play personal autonomy as their ethical trump card: “My death – my choice”.
It is quite conceivable that the parents could find out that their child had asked for and been granted MAiD only after the child is dead
The Lancet Commission on the Value of Death calls for the creation of a realistic utopia
Is ‘human dignity’ just an empty slogan?
MP was denied last rites
Foreign observers might have the impression that it is always open season for euthanasia in the Netherlands. Not so. While the guidelines are elastic and subject to interpretation, they do exist and people violating them risk prosecution. A recent story on euthanasia in the Netherlands illustrates this. A pillar of Dutch policy is that only […]
The dying process is an under-examined aspect of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Most people assume that it is swift and painless, but this is not always the case. In Oregon, for instance, which publishes very informative statistics about its “Death with Dignity Act”, the longest reported time to die was 104 hours – 4 days […]
When respected scientific experts sitting on prestigious governmental advisory committees warned citizens early last year that the only way to protect themselves against Covid-19 was to shut down their businesses and stay at home until public health officials deemed it safe to come out again, most complied, even at great personal and economic cost. The […]
Leading medical experts have been joined by many of the country’s top professional medical bodies in opposing a bill which seeks to legalise Assisted Suicide in Ireland. They warned that the bill was “deeply flawed” and left people at “significant risk”. Submissions from medical professionals made to the Justice Committee on a bill proposed by […]
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