29 May California’s physician-assisted suicide law is overturned — for now
Nearly two years after it was enacted, California’s physician-assisted suicide law is, at least for the moment, no longer in effect...
Author: Kristen Hanson
26 May Doctor has many concerns about NJ assisted suicide bill
As a New Jersey physician, I oppose bill A1504 – Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act - for many reasons. Among them are three important ones: Firstly, proponents of legalizing assisted suicide say that it will be associated with a decrease of general, or unassisted suicide by offering a...
24 May No stay of ruling that tossed California assisted-death law
An appeals court on Wednesday refused to block a court decision that said a California law allowing the terminally ill to end their lives was passed illegally. California's 4th District Court of Appeal refused to grant an immediate stay requested by state Attorney General Xavier Becerra....
23 May Will the AMA Heed Its Own Ethics Council, Regarding Assisted Suicide?
Dr Pies is Editor in Chief Emeritus of Psychiatric Times, and a Professor in the psychiatry departments of SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. It seemed like a major statement on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) by the American Medical Association, and...
22 May California files to block ruling that ends right-to-die law
California's attorney general on Monday sought an emergency ruling to allow the state's right-to-die law to stay in effect, underscoring an urgent desire to defend a legal challenge to the End of Life Option Act...
20 May Profit may trump life if assisted suicide approved
As a New Yorker living with a disability, I have significant concerns regarding the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. It is naïve to think that private health insurance companies and a struggling public health system will not take profit margin or taxpayer expense into consideration when approving...
19 May Guernsey parliament votes against assisted suicide
An attempt to legalize assisted dying in Guernsey has been defeated in the island’s parliament after a three-day debate. If it had passed, Guernsey would have become the first place in the British Isles to offer euthanasia for people with terminal illnesses. Read more...
18 May Head of Swiss assisted suicide group in court on profiteering charges
Just a week after 104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall made international headlines by choosing to end his life in Switzerland using Swiss group Eternal Spirit, the founder of the assisted dying association Dignitas is appearing in a Zurich district court. Ludwig Minelli is the founder of...
17 May When you need treatment and your insurance company says NO
When getting coverage for life-saving care is this hard and assisted suicide is always cheap, the pressure to choose assisted suicide rather than submit to repeated, crushing denials and relentless fight for coverage you might not get is overwhelming. Not everyone is as lucky as...
16 May Our own Tim Rosales, PRAF political director, on the CA decision
A California judge on Tuesday threw out a 2016 state law allowing the terminally ill to end their lives, ruling it was unconstitutionally approved by the Legislature. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolia did not rule on the legality of allowing physician-assisted death, but he...