Italian region approves assisted suicide law, raising concerns for vulnerable patients
It is the fifth region in the country to introduce rules governing the practice despite the absence of a national legal framework.
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It is the fifth region in the country to introduce rules governing the practice despite the absence of a national legal framework.
Read →The Archbishop of Liverpool backs warnings from the Isle of Man Medical Society over patient safeguards, medical regulation and conscientious objection
Read →The Isle of Man has received Royal Assent for its assisted dying bill, making the British entity the latest to legalize euthanasia.
Read →A Canadian retailer recently released a video celebrating the life of a woman who chose assisted suicide. The video has millions of views, but it raises an important question: Why are we making someone’s death look inspiring instead of asking how we could have helped her keep living?
Read →A significant number of Catholic health workers in Illinois are now covered by a temporary restraining order on the state's new physician assisted suicide law that took effect Sept. 12.
Read →A woman is pictured in a file photo holding up a sign during a rally against assisted suicide on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. A Canadian lawmaker says pushback has been growing against expanding assisted suicide to include those with mental illnesses in the weeks since she held a press conference July 9, 2025, in British Columbia on a bill she’s introduced to block mental health as a sole criteria.
Read →Key Issues: The Canadian government defeated Bill C-218 and promised to introduce a bill to prevent euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria. The bill must become law before March 17, 2027.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Key Issues: The Canadian government defeated Bill C-218 and promised to introduce a bill to prevent euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria. The bill must become law before March 17, 2027.
Read →In 2024, Canada recorded a world-leading 16,499 deaths under MAiD, or Medical Assistance in Dying, with some patients qualifying although they were not dying. The post Former premier who led Quebec when province OK’d ‘assistance in dying’ now questions its expansion first appeared on OSV News .
Read →This milestone comes despite sustained opposition from campaigners and medical professionals concerned about the risks to vulnerable patients.
Read →Western Australia’s euthanasia and assisted suicide scheme has grown well beyond what was projected, according to the state’s latest annual report. The data raises serious […] The post Western Australia’s assisted dying numbers are 10 times what was predicted appeared first on Family First NZ .
Read →Dr Ramona Coelho, who is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario’s Schulich School of Medicine and a past member of the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee was published by the National Post on October 16 with her article: Ottawa keeps mucking up […] The post This Doctor Was on the MAID Review Committee, And She Admits There’s Problems appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →The Archdiocese of Toronto issued a statement calling on Canadians to reach out to Members of Parliament to encourage them to protect the vulnerable with new laws.
Read →Calls have been made for an inquiry into Western Australia’s ‘assisted dying’ laws after it has seen a 243% increase in cases of euthanasia over four years.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr Ramona Coelho, who is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute , an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine and a past member of the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee was published by the National Post on October 16 with her article: Ottawa keeps mucking up MAiD . In her Special to the National Post , Coelho is responding to Canada's federal parliament defeating Bill C-218, the bill that would have prevented euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole
Read →The “death with dignity” campaign is targeting the global aging population, suggesting that taking one’s life is a dignified option and a way not to burden families.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dementia Justice Canada says that they will continue raising concerns with Parliament and other lawmakers about MAiD by advanced request as they develop and consider the proposed legislation. Angelico Dino reported for the Canadian Lawyer on October 13, 2026 that Dementia Justice Canada has serious concerns with euthanasia (MAiD) by advanced request.
Read →“Sometimes mental illness is terminal,” Torie Bosch writes in a personal essay about medical aid in dying for psychiatric reasons.
Read →Canada has one of the most expansive programs in existence for “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD): With Quebec having the highest proportion of people choosing MAiD worldwide, some call it “the euthanasia capital of the world.” As more than 76,000 people have died through MAiD through 2024 (the latest available report), Catholic and pro-life groups and mental-health advocates have raised objections, especially with an expansion planned for March 2027 that would allow people whose only medical condition is mental illness to be eligible for MAiD. Even The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Read →Western Australia’s euthanasia deaths have surged, prompting calls for an urgent inquiry amid concerns about doctor shopping, waived safeguards, limited palliative care and proposed legal expansion.
Read →The rising number of euthanasia deaths in Queensland, along with the recommendation that it be expanded even further, is not something to celebrate.
Read →Ultimately, Dr. Jean Marmoreo is arguing that society should not prevent the suicides of people with mental illness, but simply make them more palatable.
Read →Calls have been made for an inquiry into Western Australia’s ‘assisted dying’ laws after the state has seen a 243% increase in cases of euthanasia over a four-year period. The state has been called the “euthanasia death capital of Australia” after the new annual report, published today, revealed that 2.9% of deaths are now caused […]
Read →While it’s a relief that government will no longer approve MAID for mental illness, it is unconscionable that they will add advance requests
Read →Euthanasia accounted for 4% of all deaths in Belgium in 2025, with growing numbers involving people who were not terminally ill, dementia patients and psychiatric conditions.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr's Madeline Li & Gary Rodin The New York Times on October 5, 2026 published an article titled: Assisted Death is not a choice of last resort in Canada by Dr Gary Rodin and Dr Madeline Li, who are professors of psychiatry at the University of Toronto, The article explained that both of them work with patients with advanced cancer and have counselled and assessed patients for euthanasia and one of them has administered the drugs (poison) to end a persons life. Rodin and Li provided information about cases where the patient, t
Read →“I’m not sure that I would have again voted for that law with the extension that we have seen in the recent years.” The post Former Québec Premier questions Euthanasia law he helped introduce appeared first on Pro Life Campaign .
Read →Governor JB Pritzker's pro-death law has hit another snag, with a federal judge protecting nearly every Catholic institution and healthcare professional from promoting assisted suicide.
Read →"People opposing the law told me, 'We see your motivation is good, but you will see, once you open the door you will not close it and it will open wider.'"
Read →Register for the free online screening of the Prescription Poison film: Averting Assisted Suicide in America Tuesday, October 27 at: 8 pm (Eastern Time) / 5 pm (Pacific Time). The Prescription Poison film is produced by Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalitio n and Frank Panico with Xs in the Sky films.
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