by APFLI | May 22, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old terminally ill woman who moved to Oregon to end her life under that state’s assisted dying law has changed the conversation around assisted suicide. Americans’ attitudes toward end-of-life decisions have been shifting over the past few...
by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
For decades, suicide prevention hotline volunteers have helped talk people out of committing suicide. Now, however, a 1-800 End of Life Consultation service sponsored by assisted suicide proponents will offer free counseling sessions to terminally ill Californians...
by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A seminal study finds that the number of requests for suicides declines when patients are successfully treated for depression. The research could have a significant impact on the assisted suicide debate as pro-life advocates have long said patients mostly seek help...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Nurses will be able to decide that a dying patient should not be resuscitated under controversial new guidelines. Until now, only GPs and consultants could say whether there was any point in continuing efforts to save a life. But guidance issued last night by the...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
State officials have offered a lung cancer patient the option of having the Oregon Health Plan, set up in 1994 to ration health care, pay for an assisted suicide but not for the chemotherapy prescribed by her physician. The story appears to be a happy ending for...
