by APFLI | May 19, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Terminally ill patients with less than six months to live will soon be able to ask their doctors to prescribe them lethal medication in Washington state. But even though the “Death with Dignity” law takes effect Thursday, people who might seek the...
by APFLI | May 18, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A former worker for a Dignitas suicide clinic in Switzerland is speaking out and was so horrified by what she saw that she is now sharing her story with European media. Soraya Wernli was a “companion” worker, someone holding the hand of patients who would...
by APFLI | May 18, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
One in four Oregonians who seek to end their lives with a legally prescribed drug overdose may be clinically depressed. The study, by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, evaluated 58 terminally ill patients who considered ending their lives under...
by APFLI | May 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: Note that Compassion and Choices (aka Hemlock) is once again unperturbed by outrageous problems with assisted suicide: “It’s going to be highly unlikely that people are going to use his service. And we don’t charge. He charges...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The Canadian parliament on Wednesday defeated a bill that would have legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia. MPs form all parties voted against the measure, Bill C-384, the private members bill sponsored by Francine Lalonde that was opposed by pro-life and...
