by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The Vermont legislature has fast-tracked a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and California may not be far behind. If the legislatures in these states do vote to redefine physician-assisted suicide as a legitimate and legal “medical treatment,” a large part...
by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The following article is a media release from the Dignitas suicide clinic in Switzerland. The release explains that a person who was denied a prescription for Sodium Pentobarbital because of that person’s mental illness has now been granted the right to have the...
by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: I hope Dr. Kheriaty is right but the California Medical Association dropping its opposition to PAS is ominous. N. Valko RN, 23 May 2015] A George Soros-backed effort in California has stalled, the latest sign of weak backing for the deadly practice. In the...
by APFLI | May 23, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
According to a study by the Coma Science Group of the University of Liège, Belgium, up to half the patients in an acute vegetative state regain some level of consciousness. Results of the study are also consistent with previous studies showing that at least 40% of...
by APFLI | May 23, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The Swiss assisted-suicide group Dignitas has been evicted from its operation site in a suburban area due to growing complaints from neighbors. For nine years the assisted-suicide clinic at Gertrudstrasse 84 received people three or four times a week — waiting...
