By Wesley J. Smith There is a widely believed myth that the elderly and dying take up a huge amount of the overall health-care budget, and that, by empowering “death panels,” imposing rationing or “futile care” forced withdrawal of treatment, and legalizing assisted...
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Italy passes controversial end-of-life bill
By Michael Cook Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post that appeared at Bioedge. After 30 years and 3000 attempts to propose amendments, an end-of-life bill was passed by the Italian Parliament this week which allows patients to end their lives by refusing to...
Latest end-of-life statistics from the Netherlands
Nearly one death in 20 now due to euthanasia By Michael Cook More statistics about euthanasia from the Netherlands, based on the latest figures from 2015. Nearly one death in 20 (4.5%) is now due to euthanasia. The figures come from a letter in the latest issue of the...
California doctor opens end-of-life clinic
By Michael Cook California’s right-to-die law was rolled out this past week and at least one doctor immediately opened up a dedicated assisted suicide clinic in San Francisco. At Bay Area End of Life Options, Dr. Lonny Shavelson, a well-known advocate of assisted...