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 | Jun 2, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
As state legislators across America grapple with proposed laws on euthanasia, South Dakota State Rep. Steve Hickey (R-Sioux Falls) – facing a terminal illness himself – has no qualms sharing exactly where he stands on the issue. Yesterday, Rep. Hickey sent a letter in...
by APFLI | Jun 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The French senate has approved a law granting terminally ill patients the right to end life; it allows doctors to stop giving medical assistance when it “has no effect other than maintaining life artificially”. It had already been approved by the lower...
by APFLI | May 29, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In a vote this week, the British Medical Association (BMA) took a clear stand against physician assisted suicide. 65% of the 500 doctors at the BMA’s meeting in Belfast voted against the proposal to accept assisted suicide. This represents a significant...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Jocelyn Downie, the Canada Research Chair of Health Law and Policy said at an End-of-Life Ethics & Decision-Making conference at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg yesterday that doctors do not have the legal right to withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment...
