Pages tagged "Law"
Patients don’t need a “current wish to die” for doctors to euthanise: Dutch courts
Sep 20, 2019
A Dutch court has shown that legislative safeguards for euthanasia and assisted suicide are completely useless in that country.
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Death for all in Canada
Sep 19, 2019
Once again the first euthanasia law has proved to be nothing more than a stepping stone to a far more liberal euthanasia regime.
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Euthanasia advocates: ‘great certainty’ WA law will expand
Sep 17, 2019
Veteran of the euthanasia campaign, Philip Nitschke, has predicted that if Western Australia passes the assisted suicide and euthanasia bill currently before parliament, immediate pressure will be brought to bear to expand the categories of people to whom, and the circumstances under which, it becomes available.
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Beware Queensland government’s tactics
Aug 23, 2019
At the November 2017 election, the Queensland government told voters it had “no plans to introduce legislation to allow for voluntary euthanasia”.
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Man who helped his wife die walks free
Jul 03, 2019
Penelope Blume was suffering from motor neurone disease.
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Being rich and famous doesn’t protect you from elder abuse
May 30, 2019
Stan Lee literally made superheroes.
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Doctors not permitted to object to euthanasia: Ontario Court
May 24, 2019
Ontario courts and its College of Physicians and Surgeons are so committed to euthanasia and assisted suicide that they would prefer that doctors trained in oncology, cardiology, neurology and palliative care hang up their stethoscopes and move into areas where their skills are not necessarily in demand, or quit the profession altogether, than exercise their practice in accordance with their beliefs.
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WA assisted suicide scheme a ‘minefield’
Feb 15, 2019
The barrister charged with the task of advising the WA government about assisted suicide legislation has described it as a ‘minefield’. Former WA governor Malcolm McCusker has said that ‘grappling with the big questions will likely keep him awake at night,” as he considers issues such as whether the scheme should include dementia patients, safeguards against coercion and the right of doctors and health care providers to conscientiously object.
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Push to force faith-based hospitals to perform euthanasia
Jan 24, 2019
Catholic hospitals in Canada have found themselves in the middle of a religious freedom battle, with euthanasia advocates claiming that hospitals who accept any government funding should be forced to participate in the country’s euthanasia regime.
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Limiting euthanasia offends the right to equality: lawyers
Jan 22, 2019
“If the law goes in Quebec, it’s gone across the entire country.” - Jocelyn Downie
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