Category: Articles

‘Suicidal’: a throwaway word?

Efforts to distinguish between terminally ill and non-terminally ill people when it comes to suicidal tendencies are at best meaningless and at worst offensive

Appeal Court Ruling: CNK evidence

The three judges who heard Noel Conway's Appeal in May 2018 referred to evidence and submissions put forward by Care Not Killing a number of times in their June judgment

Appeal judges dismiss Conway bid

'We do not consider that the approach or those conclusions of the Divisional Court can be faulted... [and so] we dismiss both the appeal and the respondent's notice'

Forced to choose

A new report from Quebec picks up a recurring theme of patients being driven towards assisted suicide and euthanasia - now 'healthcare' - by a failure to provide wanted care and treatment

Dr Death’s new invention

CNK Campaign Director hits out at media outlets giving a platform to suicide advocate Philip Nitschke

Portugal rejects euthanasia bills

Portugal follows Finland, Guernsey and California in encouraging May pushbacks against euthanasia and assisted suicide - but a new bill looms in Dublin

Guernsey rejects assisted suicide

Deputies of the States of Deliberation in St Peter Port vote 24-14 against assisted suicide, and 37-1 in favour of a review of palliative and end of life care

Key bodies reject Guernsey requête

Guernsey's Policy and Resources Committee, the senior governmental body, and the Guernsey Disability Alliance have both stated their opposition to assisted suicide and euthanasia proposals ahead of a 16 May vote

Hawaii passes assisted suicide bill

HB 2739 - 'A Bill For An Act Relating To Health' - set to be enacted as the 'Our Care, Our Choice Act' by Governor David Ige today

Conway appeal gets green light

Autonomy is not absolute and the Court of Appeal should dismiss this renewed challenge

Six months redefined

'Terminal illness, in Oregon, is defined to include people who will become terminally ill if they refuse effective medical treatment or care'

Courts consider food & fluids

Supreme Court to rule on whether doctors can remove food and fluids from brain-damaged patients without going to court

Quebec: two years in

Quebec legislated for euthanasia months before the Supreme Court-mandated federal legislation came into being. After just two years, comparisons are being made with the Belgian experience.

New Zealand euthanasia bill heads to committee

David Seymour's 'End of Life Choice Bill' passes its first reading vote in the New Zealand Parliament

Victorian bill becomes law

The Australian state of Victoria's Parliament has passed Government legislation to permit euthanasia

Dutch consider euthanasia charges

After 15 years, will the Dutch finally prosecute a euthanasia doctor?

Dignified death? 82% say hospice

A survey conducted to mark Hospice Care Week uncovers a range of attitudes and levels of awareness

High Court rules on Conway

Judges rule that the Suicide Act is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and legitimate 'to avoid creating a slippery slope leading to incremental expansion'