by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Unable to come to terms with the death of their pet dog, an elderly couple here committed suicide by hanging themselves. The bodies of 67-year-old retired soldier C N Madanraj and his wife, Tarabai, 63, were found in their home. According to the police, the childless...
by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The following article is a media release from the Dignitas suicide clinic in Switzerland. The release explains that a person who was denied a prescription for Sodium Pentobarbital because of that person’s mental illness has now been granted the right to have the...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Oregon officials have released their tenth statewide report on the status of assisted suicide, and it shows the number of people who died is on the rise. The report showed the number of people getting drugs to use in taking their own lives is increasing as well. More...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Warning given to avoid use of pro-death language such as terms “euthanasia”, “assisted suicide” This past weekend’s International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide hosted by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Canada (EPCC)...
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...