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Showing posts with label euthanasia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label euthanasia. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

What About Providing Aid in Living?

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Yesterday, the New York State Assembly voted to pass legislation (A136/S138), the Medical Aid in Dying Act, to legalize state-sanctioned sui...
Friday, April 11, 2025

Nevada Governor Will Not Sign Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Bill

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https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/live-updates-nevada-legislatures-first-committee-passage-deadline-2   Today marks the Nevada Legisl...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Ten Years After a ‘Six Months to Live’ Diagnosis, Stephanie Packer travels to Delaware to Warn Against the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide

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Stephanie Packer was told in 2012 that she had three years to live. So far, the doctors that made that prognosis are off by just 10 years. P...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Spanish Court Refuses to Prevent Young Woman's Euthanasia Death.

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Alex Schadenberg,  Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The  Agence France-Presse reported on March 17  that a Spanish court ...
Saturday, February 22, 2025

Doctors, Disability Activists Split on Support for Controversial Procedure

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by Andrew Adams     CHICAGO — Lawmakers are considering legalizing a controversial medical practice that proponents say could ease suffering...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Montana Senate Eliminates Legal Protections for Assisted Suicide

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By Darrell Ehrlick Currently, physician-assisted aid in dying in Montana occupies a legal gray area. A 2009 Montana Supreme Court ruling sai...
Friday, January 24, 2025

Delaware Residents with Money Will Be Rendered Sitting Ducks to Their Heirs (HB 140)

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By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA “Aid in Dying” has been a euphemism for physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia  since at least 1992. Per the ...
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Delaware Talking Points (2025)

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By Margaret K. Dore, Esq., MBA “Aid in Dying” has been a euphemism for physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia since at least 1992. Per th...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

The Benign Term "Assisted Dying"

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Original publication: Nov 15, 2024   By Professor John Wyatt (pictured right). The term 'euthanasia' - literally "good death...
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

West Virginia Voters Narrowly Approve Putting Medically Assisted Suicide Prohibition in Constitution

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By:  Lori Kersey   - November 6, 2024  West Virginia voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a constitutional amendment that adds a prohibition ...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Illinois: Don't Support Assisted Suicide

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By Pam Heavens https://thetimesweekly.com/2024/10/do-not-support-legalizing-physician-assisted-suicide/ The Illinois General Assembly is con...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Opinion: Michigan Right-to-Die Legislation Must Consider Concerns of African Americans

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In the 1990s, Royal Oak’s Dr. Jack Kevorkian put a national spotlight on the debate over the right of terminally ill patients to die with th...
Monday, September 9, 2024

Canada's Growing Euthanasia Program

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By Dr Paul Saba (pictured left). When Canada legalized assisted dying/suicide/euthanasia in 2016, it was supposed to be for only a “few” ter...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Quebec Scheduled to Begin Granting Requests for Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia (MAID)

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By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press  MONTREAL — Quebecers who want to arrange a medically assisted death before their condition leaves them...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

New Jersey Update

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By Alex Schadenberg (pictured at right)* The New Jersey 2023 assisted suicide report states that there were 101 reported assisted suicide de...
Monday, July 1, 2024

Press Release: Bill Seeking to Legalize Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Remains Undecided by Delaware Governor Carney (pictured below)

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July 2, 2024 -- According to the American Medical Association, assisted suicide occurs when a doctor facilitates a person's death by pro...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Colorado Governor Signs Bill Reducing Patient Protections

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Governor Polis (pictured here) signed SB068, an amendment to Colorado’s End of Life Options Act (assisted suicide and euthanasia) into law o...
Monday, June 10, 2024

New York Act Fails to Advance

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The proposed Medical Aid in Dying Act, which had sought to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in New York State , was first introduced...
Friday, June 7, 2024

Beyond Terminal Illness. The Widening Scope of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the US.

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Please find Dr. Komrad's explanatory note to colleagues below. Physician-assisted suicide (PAS)—commonly but misleadingly called “medica...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

New Hampshire Senate Kills Bill

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https://www.concordmonitor.com/NH-Senate-kills-MAID-55151269 After months of intense public debate, with Granite Staters on both sides of th...