Every five years, Statistics Netherlands publishes data on deaths by “medical end-of-life decision”. The latest data reports on all deaths in the Netherlands in 2015. In that year, there were 7254 deaths caused intentionally by lethal medication – 6672 deaths by euthanasia with a request; 431 deaths by euthanasia with no explicit request; and 150 deaths by assisted suicide. Continue reading

In an unusual display of bipartisanship, five Democrats and five Republicans have cosponsored a resolution in the United States House of Representatives warning that “assisted suicide (sometimes referred to as death with dignity, end-of-life options, aid-in-dying, or similar phrases) puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm and undermines the integrity of the health care system.” Continue reading

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 was introduced into the Legislative Council by the Hon Trevor Khan MLC on Thursday 21 September 2017. Continue reading

Safeguards, qualifications, accountability, and consent: none of these exist in Belgium when it comes to their euthanasia laws. Cambridge University Press is set to release Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Lessons from Belgium, which will be the first interdisciplinary study of euthanasia to be published. Continue reading

In her second reading speech introducing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017, Victorian Minister for Health, Jill Hennessy, opened with a declaration that “Far too many Victorians have suffered too much and for too long at the end of their lives”. Continue reading

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 was tabled in the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Thursday 21 September 2017. The Bill, it has been repeatedly claimed by Premier Daniel Andrews, would set up a system that was the “most conservative, careful and safest in the world”. Some simple fact checking shows this to be a big fat lie. Continue reading

A letter from 101 Victorian oncologists, sent to all Victorian MPs, illustrates the strong opposition to the Andrews government’s reckless proposal for assisted suicide and euthanasia. Continue reading

Many euthanasia and assisted suicide proponents frame their arguments around “facts” and declarations that there is a majority of citizens who support such legislation. Yet, when you take a closer look, their “strong” basis for support is based on misconceptions about such legislation – and misconstrued facts! Continue reading

There is no right to assisted suicide. Read the update below from Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. View original article HERE. Continue reading

When a person commits suicide after being bullied, the media laments how someone’s vulnerability was exploited by others, who pushed the victim to end their life prematurely. So why is the media promoting suicide for other groups?  Continue reading