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Court of Appeal hearing to begin

Press release concerning the Court of Appeal’s latest consideration of assisted suicide this week in the case of Mr Noel Conway

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

Guernsey set for PAS vote

Care Not Killing comment regarding legislation proposed for assisted suicide in Guernsey

New poll, old problems

A newly published poll on attitudes to assisted suicide in Scotland recalls the deficiencies of similar polls from the past

Comment on doctors’ poll

Small, dated online poll with a self-selecting sample should not change law

Press Release: Conway appeal permitted

Changing the law to allow assisted suicide is dangerous and unnecessary says Care Not Killing

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

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