Pages tagged "Court Case"
British Columbia court to hear spoon feeding case.
Aug 09, 2013
This is an interesting report by Alex Schadenberg. It goes over old ground in many respects but does go to show that Advance Directives, even though they can and do provide the opportunity for clarity of intention and choice, can still present difficulties.
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Disability rights leaders fear the Martin assisted suicide court ruling (UK) might lead to euthanasia
Aug 09, 2013
The following article was originally published by the Disability News Service
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Court of Appeal in Britain upholds lower court ruling, protecting UK citizens from euthanasia.
Aug 01, 2013
This article by Alex Schadenberg summarizes the decision yesterday in the UK Court of Appeal that re-enforces the opposition to assisted suicide:
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Irish Assisted Suicide Legal case - Fleming intends to act contrary to her own legal argument
May 06, 2013
The court case of Irish MS sufferer, Marie Fleming is heart wrenching. She has a degenerative condition that progressively reduces her mobility.
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Irish woman loses Supreme Court Appeal that challenged the ban on assisted suicide in Ireland
May 01, 2013
The following article was written by the Campaign Director of the Care Not Killing Alliance and published on
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UK Report: Paul Lamb's tragic personal circumstances must not blind us to the deadly consequences of his attempt to undermine the murder law
Apr 18, 2013
Report from UK's Peter Saunders:
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Carter vs Canada - appeal to be heard mid-March
Mar 06, 2013
The Canadian Government will shortly appeal the decision by Justice Lynn Smith (known as the Carter Case).
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Irish assisted suicide court case is based on flawed assumption
Mar 05, 2013
By Peter Saunders, Care Not Killing Campaign Director - March 1, 2013
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Victorian attempted murder/suicide case: what's really going on here?
Mar 01, 2013
I've on the case of Victorian man Heinz Klinkermann who attempted to kill his disabled wife and himself at the same time. My comment in this case was principally about the need to uphold the criminal code in court judgement and how that should be balanced with mercy in sentencing as appropriate.
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Law must be upheld - but mercy should temper justice
Feb 25, 2013
A report in The Australian today about an elderly Victorian man's guilty plea for the attempted murder of his disabled wife will no doubt put the spotlight on the law itself.
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