Bioethicists have for several decades discussed whether Physician Assisted Death (PAD) can be distinguished from other forms of suicide. The question is of critical importance for suicide prevention initiatives in countries where PAD is legal, as it may be the case that the practice of...
I am an attorney and president of Choice is an Illusion, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Formed in 2010, Choice is an Illusion fights against assisted suicide and euthanasia throughout the United States and in other countries. David Grube’s Aug. 5 guest commentary in The Star said Oregon’s...
The American Medical Association recently voted to request further clarification of a report on physician-assisted suicide published by its Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. That may sound dull and procedural, but it has an unmistakable significance for the doctors' group, which has always opposed...
Assisted suicide is becoming more popular throughout the developed world. The New Zealand Parliament is currently debating its legalization. A legalization proposal in Guernsey in the United Kingdom was recently voted down, but in nearby Jersey a majority of politicians up for election support legalization....
A disputed case of euthanasia in Belgium, involving the death of a dementia patient who never formally asked to die, has again raised concerns about weak oversight in a country with some of the world's most liberal euthanasia laws. The case is described in a letter...
An Ontario man suffering from an incurable neurological disease has provided CTV News with audio recordings that he says are proof that hospital staff offered him medically assisted death, despite his repeated requests to live at home. Roger Foley, 42, who earlier this year launched a...
Deliberately taking a small child's life is unlawful everywhere in the world, even when the child is terminally ill and asks a doctor to end his or her suffering once and for all. There is an exception to this rule: Belgium. In 2014, that country amended...
Did you know that pain and suffering never makes the top 5 reasons why patients in Oregon request assisted suicide? Oregon Health Authority's annual reports reveal that pain or the fear of pain is listed second to last (25%) among the reasons cited by all patients seeking...
A man says his heart doctor in Texarkana sent him home, without any options to save his life. "Those people were going to let me die, and they knew it. They knew I wasn't going to make it," says Dale Fulmer, Congestive Heart Failure Patient. Dale Fulmer, 76,...
Lying down on her bed, clutching her beloved toy dinosaur, Aurelia Brouwers smiled before she passed away from euthanasia. Aged just 29, the young woman was allowed to die at home in the Netherlands, surrounded by pals - despite not being terminally ill. After battling mental illnesses...