by APFLI | Sep 18, 2016 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Two years ago [2014], Belgium’s King Philippe signed into law a bill that allowed children to be euthanized. It was a controversial move, one that drew international condemnation, including from the American Academy of Pediatrics. After the bill became law, any child...
by APFLI | Dec 10, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
[Comment: Once again, evil cannot limit itself. N. Valko RN, 10 Dec 2015] Dr Marc Van Hoey with Simona de Moor shortly before she was euthanised. (SBS Dateline) Comment: On December 8, a group of psychiatrists, psychologists, philosophers and others published a letter...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Even euthanasia supporters are calling developments in Belgium “worrisome” as a result of two, newly revealed cases that have been given formal approval for medically-induced death. Others see these cases as the tragic result of an ethical “slippery slope” that...
by APFLI | Sep 28, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A Dutch general practitioner is being sued for not approving the euthanasia of a 19-year-old woman. The tragic events surrounding the death of Milou de Moor could become an important legal precedent if action is eventually taken against the unnamed doctor. Ms de Moor...
by APFLI | Jul 7, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Colombia’s first legal euthanasia has just been carried out. That makes four countries with currently legal euthanasia; Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Colombia. Canada will soon join that list once the Supreme Court’s imposition goes into effect next year. The...
