by APFLI | Jun 11, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In 1997, Oregon became the first government in the world to legalize assisted suicide, allowing doctors to prescribe lethal prescriptions to terminally ill patients. Since then, 1,173 people have received a lethal prescription, and 752 of them have taken the...
by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A seminal study finds that the number of requests for suicides declines when patients are successfully treated for depression. The research could have a significant impact on the assisted suicide debate as pro-life advocates have long said patients mostly seek help...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The report by Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr., published by the Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation, takes its data from sources including medical journals, legal investigations and the press, and concludes that “Many doctors who have participated in...
by APFLI | May 19, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The theme for the Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in 2009 was: Never Again. The Symposium focused on building an effective, unified and focused group of organizations and individuals to stop the forward movement of the death lobby in...
by APFLI | May 17, 2015 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
With more states legalizing assisted suicide, euthanasia opponents have put together a web site to urge doctors, medical caregivers and citizens to say ‘no’ to assisted suicide. The site comes after doctors and medical centers have said they won’t...
