JÖNKÖPING, Sweden – A Swedish labor court has upheld a ruling against a midwife who filed suit after being denied employment by several medical facilities because of her convictions not to assist with performing abortions. The court ruled on Wednesday that there is no reason to believe that Ellinor Grimmark’s “freedom of opinion and expression […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has dismissed a lawsuit from two medical groups that challenged language in Vermont’s assisted suicide law that they believe requires physicians to counsel patients about ending their lives. “The court concludes that Plaintiffs lack jurisdictional standing to challenge the constitutionality of Act 39 in […]
HONOLULU — A bill that would have permitted physician-assisted suicide in Hawaii has been unanimously deferred by a House committee following hours of what has been described as “intense debate.” S.B. 1129, also known as the “Medical Aid in Dying” bill, initially passed the Senate on March 7, with only three votes of opposition. But the […]
ONTARIO, Canada (BP) — A recent push in Canada to encourage euthanasia patients to donate their organs appears to be working. In Ontario, the first province to report data, 26 people who died by lethal injection decided to donate tissue or organs since the Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAID) came into effect last June, […]
WASHINGTON — 75 technology companies recently joined an open letter to the leaders of Congress in support of the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood out of their concern that the organization could be defunded. The correspondence, addressed to majority and minority leaders Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, asserts that Planned Parenthood […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Senate has narrowly stopped the furtherance of a proposed bill that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide in the state. Senate Bill 252 was voted down 22-20 as seven Democrats joined the Republicans who opposed the measure. “A health care provider may provide medical aid in dying to an adult patient […]
(Christian Institute) — More very premature babies are surviving, and with less neurological problems, a new US study has found. The study found an increase in survival rate for babies born between 22 and 24 weeks over a three-year period. It was conducted by Duke Health and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. […]
(Christian Concern) — Healthcare workers should do more to talk to dying patients about faith, experts have said. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised health workers and care workers to do more to discuss patients’ social, cultural and religious preferences. It comes as a 2016 report showed that spiritual wishes […]
TOPEKA, Kan. — Members of the Kansas House of Representatives are considering passing a resolution condemning physician-assisted suicide and promoting palliative care at the end of one’s life instead. While euthanasia is already illegal in Kansas, HCR 5010 was introduced last month by the Committee on Health and Human Services to make a statement supporting the […]
HELENA, Mont. — Senators in Montana have advanced a bill written by an orthopedic surgeon, which would require an effort to save the life of an unborn child in late-term pregnancies where the mother’s life is believed to be in danger. Senate Bill 282 passed the Senate 32-18 on Thursday, and is now under consideration […]