by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The British Medical Association reaffirmed its opposition to assisted suicide at its 2009 annual conference. Despite an attempt by MPs to legalize the practice or allow so-called suicide tourism, doctors rejected a call from BMA member Kailash Chand to change its...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A Connecticut trial court judge rejected a lawsuit by euthanasia advocates seeking to overturn the Connecticut ban on assisted suicide. had the lawsuit been successful, it could have made the New England state the fourth after Oregon, Washington, and Montana to allow...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Ludwig Minelli, the head of Dignitas, is 77, and says it is a human right to decide on one’s own death. A trained lawyer, he founded the assisted suicide organisation 12 years ago. The organisation, whose slogan is ‘”live with dignity, die with...
by APFLI | May 13, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Hemlock Society Founder Pushes for Euthanasia of Mentally Ill People [Comment: Being a nurse who cares for people attempting suicide and having had several relatives with mental health and/or substance abuse issues including a daughter who read Humphrey’s book...
