Spanish parliament approves bill to allow assisted dying
It still faces a vote in the Senate early in 2021 where it is also expected to pass.
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It still faces a vote in the Senate early in 2021 where it is also expected to pass.
The two referendums represented significant potential changes to New Zealand’s social fabric.
Vicky Phelan has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that she is in favour of euthanasia.
Yesterday, New Zealand lawmakers voted in favour of making euthanasia legal.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has publicly stated her support for euthanasia reform.
She suffered from an incurable degenerative muscle disease.
Prosecutors had accused the doctor of failing to properly consult the Alzheimer’s patient in the case in 2016.
Prosecutors claim the patient may have had second thoughts about dying.
He died more than a decade after an accident that left him with severe brain damage.
A story that a 17-year-old rape victim had been euthanised was reported by media organisations across the world.
Vincent Lambert is at the centre of a hugely controversial court case.
Alphonsus Cullinan said Catholic Yes voters “should go to confession”.
David Goodall did not have a terminal illness, but said his quality of life had deteriorated significantly.
Prominent Right to Die with Dignity campaigner Tom Curran appeared before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality today.
Belgium is the only country to allow a child of any age to choose to end their own life.
“The plan we put forward is one that respects Canadians’ choices while putting into place the kinds of safeguards needed.”
The accused man, Bart Van U, has admitted killing 81-year-old Els Borst for legalising euthanasia.
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
There’s been some chatter about mystery leaflets and planning permission notices this week. So what’s going on?
We should put the topic of Euthanasia on the table for a national debate towards legalising it here in Ireland, writes Aaron McKenna.
California is set to legalise the practice.
A healthy nurse has ended her life in a Swiss clinic.
The man’s parents had been fighting to keep him on life support though his wife had said he would not want to be kept alive.
She has been in a vegetative state in a Mumbai since being attacked by a hospital worker in 1973.
Tom Curran said TDs are ‘willing to break ranks’ to support his right-to-die law.
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
Frank Van Den Bleeken had asked to die on psychological grounds.
Here’s a look at the situation in other countries.
As a compassionate society, must have the courage to face up to the question of terminal illness and euthanasia.
“I don’t want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms.”
The convict says that he has “unbearable psychic suffering”.
In total, there were 86 votes in favour and 44 against from the country’s lower House of Representatives.
Everyone’s talking about storm damage, the Garda Ombudsman and the law on euthanasia in Belgium.
What do you think about the highly-controversial issue?
A bill allowing euthanasia for minors facing “unbearable physical suffering” will be voted on by lawmakers tomorrow.
The giraffe’s body will be fed to tigers at the zoo in Copenhagen.
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, is to take her court case to the Supreme Court after she lost a High Court case on the ban on assisted suicide.
A terminally ill MS patient is due to learn whether she be allowed to die with the assistance of her partner, writes Sharon O’Connor.
“Why repeat the same mistake and chase after an unattainable utopia?” read the daily’s front-page editorial.
A case currently being heard before the High Court is asking whether Irish people have the constitutional right to an assisted suicide. What do you think?