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Matthew Parris has said the quiet part out loud: assisted suicide is about ridding society of ‘unproductive’ people. By Kevin Yuill ‘If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a cinematograph...
The leader of a hospice organization in Canada is working to raise awareness about an anti-assisted suicide film, which she says draws attention to the predatory nature of the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime.
Former punk poet and writer of the “Bed Blocker Blues,” John Cooper Clarke, stated that he is totally opposed to assisted dying.
Scotland could become the first jurisdiction in the United Kingdom to legalise assisted dying.
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition [With contribution from Margaret Dore.] I was speaking this weekend in Oregon and Dr. Kenneth Stevens gave us an incredible gift by bring Jeanette Hall to the event. Oregon's assisted suicide law...
By David Albert Jones The right to die is a very hot topic in the United Kingdom. Yesterday [February 29], a committee of the House of Commons released a long-anticipated report about palliative care and “assisted dying”. Professor David Albert Jones, of the Anscombe...
By Michael Cook As of November 28, eligible people in New South Wales can request “voluntary assisted dying”. NSW was the last Australian state to legalise assisted suicide in May 2022. There was an 18-month implementation period. Two territories (which have a...
By Michael Cook Although the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is on track to creating the nation’s most progressive “voluntary assisted dying” (VAD) legislation, its human rights commission is already complaining that it is too restrictive. With a population of only...
By Michael Cook Such is the stigma surrounding suicide that advocates of “voluntary assisted dying” [VAD] insist vehemently that it is by no means suicide. For instance, Go Gentle Australia, a leading lobby group for VAD, explains in its website’s FAQ that:...
By Michael Cook As of November 28, eligible people in New South Wales can request “voluntary assisted dying”. NSW was the last Australian state to legalize assisted suicide in May 2022. There was an 18-month implementation period. Two territories (which have a...