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The world’s first mobile team to administer euthanasia in patients’ homes will be launched next month…They are expected to send the number of euthanasia cases in Holland soaring, with pro-campaigners claiming they will end the lives of an additional 1,000 … Continue reading →

(Scroll down to read “Death with Dignity” news.) Lawmakers were also asked to weigh in on so-called “Death with dignity” legislation that has been introduced again in both the House and Senate this year. State Sen. Harold Giard. D-Bridport, said … Continue reading →

Georgia’s highest court has struck down a state law that made it a crime to publicly offer to help people commit suicide, ruling it violated the free speech protections under the Constitution….”The law was unique and I do think the … Continue reading →

Georgia’s top court struck down a state law that restricted assisted suicides, siding on Monday with four members of group that helped a cancer-stricken man die and said the law violated their free speech rights. USA Today “Court overturns assisted … Continue reading →

Six specialised euthanasia teams consisting of one doctor and one nurse will begin making house calls in the Netherlands next month. Radio Netherlands Worldwide “‘Euthanasia on wheels’ starts next month” February 6, 2012 View

The challenge was brought by four members  of the network who were arrested in February 2009 after John Celmer’s death at his north Georgia home. MSNBC “Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions” February 6, 2012 View

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously struck down a key provision of a state law that criminalized some assisted suicides, finding it violates free speech rights….A key state lawmaker, Rich Golick, a Smyrna Republican who chairs the House Judiciary … Continue reading →

“Essentially, Georgia is now in the position of being the wild, wild West for those who are promoting doctor-assisted suicide,” said Rita Marker, executive director of the Patients Rights Council. “It opens the floodgates for anyone who wants to do … Continue reading →

The case stemmed from the 2010 prosecution of Dr. Lawrence Egbert, medical director for Final Exit Network….Thirty-nine states have enacted laws that criminalize assisted suicide, according to the Patients Rights Council. Oregon and Washington have passed “Death with Dignity” statutes … Continue reading →

The court’s opinion found that lawmakers could have imposed a ban on all assisted suicides with no restriction of free speech, or sought to prohibit all offers to assist in suicide that were followed by the act. Washington Post “Georgia’s … Continue reading →

The Georgia Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling concludes that 1994 state law “restricts speech in violation of the free speech clauses” of the U.S. and Georgia constitutions.  The court’s opinion held that Georgia only criminalized assisted suicides that include a public … Continue reading →

The left-wing candidate in the French presidential election has strongly endorsed the legalisation of euthanasia. If he is elected, Francois Hollande, a Socialist, who will face the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, recently revived France’s simmering euthanasia debate. “I propose that all … Continue reading →

Protection advisers [insurance agents] have called on life companies to clarify whether they will pay out in cases of assisted suicide…”It could be argued that if a person who is a beneficiary of a life policy caused their partner’s death … Continue reading →

Is that rustling in the bushes a deer or is it my brother? What the hell? We’ll sort it out later…BANG!  Most people would regard moral reasoning like this as potentially indicative of a deficit of ethical reflectiveness.  Several paediatricians … Continue reading →

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given a big boost to opponents of legalised euthanasia. This body, which (somewhat confusingly) is not part of the European Union, is an advisory body in Strasbourg with more that … Continue reading →

The Council of Europe has ruled that euthanasia and assisted suicide should be banned in every country across the Continent.  In a declaration that will have huge implications on human rights laws in its 47 member countries, the Strasbourg-based organisations … Continue reading →

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Franklin G. Miller believe that “killing by itself is not morally wrong…Ultimately their aim is to justify organ donation after cardiac death (DCD)….[T]he authors state frankly that the patient is not dead at that point….Nor, they say, … Continue reading →

Resolution 1859 (2012): (5) Euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit, must always be prohibited. Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly “Council of Europe: ‘Protecting … Continue reading →

Advocates hoping to pass a bill giving Vermonters the right to end their own lives may have to wait until 2013.  State senators tell WCAX News that support for this controversial bill is dwindling. WCAX “Will Death with Dignity see … Continue reading →

Test case by Tony Nicklinson seeks declaration that any doctor terminating his life will be protected against murder charge….The disability means he cannot take his own life other than by slow starvation….The high court application goes far beyond assisted suicide. … Continue reading →

Tony Nicklinson from Melksham, Wiltshire, is asking senior judges to declare that anyone who intervenes to end his life with “dignity” would not be charged with a crime….His lawyer, Saimo Chahal, said, “We are saying there should be a defence … Continue reading →

A bill that would allow terminally ill patients to get medication to end their own lives faces an uncertain prospect in the Vermont Senate. As VPR’s John Dillon reports, two key Democrats are opposed to the measure, and they say … Continue reading →

Few deaths can be as agonising as those caused by lack of liquids and nutrients, yet few deaths are as preventable. In every hospital, water and food are plentiful. In every hospital, nurses, doctors, registrars, and cleaners rush about the … Continue reading →

Friday’s ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services proved yet again that ObamaCare’s critics are right. It’s a breathtaking attack not only on the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom, but also on the separation of church and … Continue reading →

A man kills his terminally ill wife.  Maybe he ended her pain, but he hasn’t found peace for himself…He was particularly hard on himself for refusing the help family members had offered with Mary….She resisted at first, as he held … Continue reading →