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Assistance in suicide, related legislation and objections to such practices.
Canada is looking to modify its current laws on medical assistance in dying to increase safeguards and to prohibit euthanasia on the sole basis of mental illness.
Read →The Canadian government’s Bill C-41 would continue the exclusion of euthanasia access to individuals solely living with a mental illness and decriminalize advance requests.
Read →While two other — much larger — British regions voted against legalizing it this past year, the Isle of Man became the first place in the British Isles to pass an assisted suicide bill through its legislature. This change in the law comes at an interesting time as Scotland and England each separately voted against legalizing assisted suicide in 2026, Scotland in March and England in September.
Read →The highbrow Dear Abby of the New York Times — a.k.a. The Ethicist (who is a philosophy professor at NYU) — published an inquiry from a reader whose “difficult aunt” is pondering assisted suicide.
Read →Today (October 27) Justice Minister Fraser introduced Bill C-41, titled the: Medical Assistance in Dying Safeguards Act. Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel stated in a press conference on October 7, 2026 that the federal government would introduce legislation, that will prevent the implementation of euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole […] The post Canadian Government Introduces Bill to Expand Euthanasia appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →The highbrow Dear Abby of the New York Times — a.k.a. The Ethicist (who is a philosophy professor at NYU) — published an inquiry from a reader whose “difficult aunt” is pondering assisted suicide.
Read →The Canadian government on Tuesday introduced a bill that would allow Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Canada’s preferred euphemism for euthanasia, to be conducted on people who have lost the mental capacity to give informed consent for the procedure. The post Canada Considers Bill to Euthanize People Who Cannot Make Rational Decisions appeared first on Breitbart .
Read →New York State assisted dying was signed into law in February, and by the end of September, an estimated 20 patients had already received prescriptions for life-ending treatment. New York is the 14th state, including Washington, D.C., to legalize some form of the controversial procedure, with advocates arguing on moral grounds to ease suffering.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Fox news recently featured Roger Foley, a Canadian man who is living in a London Ontario hospital for 10 years as he battles to receive self-directed care funding to enable him to be cared for at home. Foley has been offered euthanasia (MAiD) several times and has been denied food for long periods of time.
Read →A reader asked The Ethicist, a philosophy professor at NYU, about their difficult aunt who is considering assisted suicide. The Ethicist advised contacting the aunt to express concern and noted that eligibility for medical aid in dying requires a formal medical assessment.
Read →A bill introduced by Canada's Liberal government that bans euthanasia for mental illness opens the door to assisted suicide without a person's consent, Campaign Life Coalition warned.
Read →It is reported that politicians in Guernsey are considering new efforts to legalise assisted suicide in 2027; Deputies there voted 24-14 against such a law in 2018 (and 37-1 in favour of a review of palliative and end of life care). Dr Macdonald told the BBC: ‘”Legislators would be better fixing end-of-life care, which includes […] The post Warnings for Guernsey appeared first on Care Not Killing .
Read →Today, the federal government introduced Bill C-41, making changes to Canada’s criminal law around Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Advance requests Bill C-41, if passed, will legalize advance requests for MAID, meaning persons diagnosed with a serious capacity-limiting illness may outline in writing the circumstances under which a doctor may euthanize them after they lose […] The post Canada Wants to Legalize MAID Without Consent for Mentally Ill Patients appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →There already have been numerous horror stories documented: Backache? Assisted suicide is your answer.
Read →Two-thirds of Zurich voters approved an amendment to remove conscience protections from faith-based institutions refusing to cooperate in 'assisted dying.'
Read →The bill will allow advance requests to be made in provinces that have a legislative regime of their own
Read →In October 2022, a Canadian clothing retailer turned a young woman's assisted suicide into a dreamy three-minute film. Four years later, Canada's government finally blinked on its plan to offer that...
Read →Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool has raised concerns over protections for vulnerable patients and healthcare workers’ freedom of conscience after the island’s assisted suicide Bill received Royal Assent
Read →Two weeks ago, Justice Minister Sean Fraser took the unusual step of telegraphing what he expected to put into the bill
Read →Euthanasia Prevention Coalition & Physicians for Compassionate Care Preventing Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide Symposium Register for our online Symposium on Saturday, November 14 From ( 10 am ET) (7 am Pacific Time) to (2 pm ET) (11 am Pacific Time) Register for free in advance for the event: ( Registration Link ) Wesley J Smith is Chair and Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism . Wesley is a contributor to The Corner at National Review and is the author of more than 14 books, in recent years focusing exclusively on human dignity, liberty, and equality.
Read →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 →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 .
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