by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
An assisted-suicide bill that allows doctors and nurses to suggest death by unconscious dehydration has barely passed the California State Assembly. AB 2747 would authorize total sedation without nutrition and hydration for depressed and confused patients, whether or...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
On Tuesday, the State of Arizona passed a bill known as “Jesse’s Law”, which will help protect incapacitated patients from being euthanized. The new law, inspired by the ordeal of Jesse Ramirez, closed a loophole in the decision-making process for...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Dignitas, the Swiss group that has assisted the suicides of 619 of its Swiss and foreign members since 1998, has petitioned the Swiss Supreme Court to permit it to facilitate the deaths of those deemed chronically depressed or mentally ill. Dignitas founder Ludwig...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Swiss prosecutors in the region of Zurich have instituted stricter regulations that are intended to curb the growing problem of “suicide tourism,” reports The Telegraph. Numerous high-profile cases over the last several years of foreigners traveling to...
by APFLI | May 19, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
After Montana joined Washington and Oregon in legalizing physician-assisted suicide late last year, Montanans trying to kill themselves are having trouble finding a doctor to fill their “exit prescriptions.” The Denver-based assisted suicide advocacy group...
