by APFLI | Jun 30, 2016 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The New Mexico Supreme Court decided in a 5 – 0 decision upheld the New Mexico Court of Appeal decision that assisting a suicide is a crime in New Mexico in Morris v Brandenburg. The Court of Appeal had overturned an activist lower court decision that found a...
by APFLI | Sep 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
On September 16, the American College of Physicians sent the following letter to California Governor Jerry Brown asking him to veto the End of Life Option Act (ABX2-15), which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. Dear Governor Brown, The American College of...
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 | Aug 14, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: Note this quote: “Goldsmith Friday said he felt that by granting the petition he would be creating a judge-made law without input from constituents.” Emphasis added. However, pro-assisted suicide supporters insist that they will never give up the fight for...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Comment: Compassion and Choices has a lethal game plan for forcing assisted suicide on the nation. Note this quote: “Despite the growing death-with-dignity fight in various states, Coombs Lee doesn’t expect that it will find itself in front of the Supreme Court...