by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
About half of the 300 deaths of infants under the age of one are the result of active life termination. This emerged from a study by Professor Veerle Provoost of the University of Ghent. Provoost examined the medical files of about 300 babies. She also interviewed the...
by APFLI | May 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A recent article written by Michael Cook for Mercator.net examined the current trends in the euthanasia lobby and concluded that the legalization of euthanasia will lead to people dying against their will or the death of people with chronic depression or mental...
by APFLI | May 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In a surprise move, the Federal Court of Justice of Germany has legalized direct euthanasia, ruling that an attempted direct euthanasia of a comatose woman was not unlawful since she had given consent. “The expressed wishes of the patient … justified not only...
by APFLI | May 17, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: Unfortunately, it is becoming routine in the US that doctors (or others) who kill are aquitted or not charged at all. This leads to defacto euthanasia without changing laws against euthanasia/assisted suicide. A few years ago in Missouri, a prosector wanted...
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...
