(The Christian Institute) — Academics in Scotland have been criticized for suggesting that legalizing assisted suicide would financially benefit the NHS. Ethicist Dr. David Shaw and healthcare economist Professor Alec Morton say it would be “irresponsible not to consider” the economic costs of denying assisted suicide. Dr. Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, […]
(The Christian Institute) — Doctors in the Australian state of Victoria have helped 52 patients to kill themselves in the six months since an assisted suicide law came into force, it has been revealed. Of the 52 people, 43 died from self-administering lethal drugs, while nine were killed by their doctor. The law currently applies […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The German Constitutional Court has ruled that paragraph 217 of the Criminal Code, in force since 2015 and stipulating jail sentences of up to five years for those who help people who wish to end their lives, breaches the Constitution. The 2015 regulation was controversial for a long time, because although it […]
(The Christian Institute) — New Zealand’s parliament has voted in favor of introducing assisted suicide, and the public will vote in a referendum to decide the issue next year. The bill would give people with a terminal illness, and believed to have less than six months to live, the option of requesting assisted suicide. It […]
(CTV News) — A Montreal couple is calling for disciplinary measures against a psychologist they say counseled one of them to kill the terminally ill other. When Miranda Edwards was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, she said she was determined to fight it. “I want to live. I want every medical intervention possible,” […]