by APFLI | Aug 25, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Canadian doctors remain deeply divided over whether and how to provide medical aid in dying, and what is required of those who refuse to assist in ending a patient’s life. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled that patients who face...
by APFLI | Feb 6, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In a unanimous decision that essentially usurps the power of the Federal Parliament to make or change laws, the Canadian Supreme Court struck down the country’s longstanding ban on assisted suicide and overturned its own 22-year-old ruling declaring the ban...
by APFLI | May 6, 2004 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Researchers in Norway have found that abortion presents a more significant damaging emotional impact on women than miscarriage. The study found that women who had an abortion two years ago were more likely than women who had miscarriages to be suppressing thoughts and...