# euthanasia - Thursday 17 December, 2020
# Assisted Dying
# Assisted Dying
It still faces a vote in the Senate early in 2021 where it is also expected to pass.
# euthanasia - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
The two referendums represented significant potential changes to New Zealand’s social fabric.
# euthanasia - Sunday 1 December, 2019
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
Vicky Phelan has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that she is in favour of euthanasia.
# euthanasia - Friday 15 November, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
Yesterday, New Zealand lawmakers voted in favour of making euthanasia legal.
# euthanasia - Thursday 14 November, 2019
# Assisted Death
# Assisted Death
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has publicly stated her support for euthanasia reform.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 23 October, 2019
# RIP
From The42
# RIP
She suffered from an incurable degenerative muscle disease.
# euthanasia - Thursday 12 September, 2019
# The Netherlands
# The Netherlands
Prosecutors had accused the doctor of failing to properly consult the Alzheimer’s patient in the case in 2016.
# euthanasia - Monday 26 August, 2019
# The Hague
# The Hague
Prosecutors claim the patient may have had second thoughts about dying.
# euthanasia - Thursday 11 July, 2019
# Vincent Lambert
# Vincent Lambert
He died more than a decade after an accident that left him with severe brain damage.
# euthanasia - Thursday 6 June, 2019
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
A story that a 17-year-old rape victim had been euthanised was reported by media organisations across the world.
# euthanasia - Tuesday 21 May, 2019
# Vincent Lambert
# Vincent Lambert
Vincent Lambert is at the centre of a hugely controversial court case.
# euthanasia - Friday 1 June, 2018
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
Alphonsus Cullinan said Catholic Yes voters “should go to confession”.
# euthanasia - Thursday 10 May, 2018
# David Goodall
# David Goodall
David Goodall did not have a terminal illness, but said his quality of life had deteriorated significantly.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
Prominent Right to Die with Dignity campaigner Tom Curran appeared before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality today.
# euthanasia - Saturday 17 September, 2016
# Mercy Killing
# Mercy Killing
Belgium is the only country to allow a child of any age to choose to end their own life.
# euthanasia - Thursday 14 April, 2016
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
“The plan we put forward is one that respects Canadians’ choices while putting into place the kinds of safeguards needed.”
# euthanasia - Thursday 4 February, 2016
# Els Borst
# Els Borst
The accused man, Bart Van U, has admitted killing 81-year-old Els Borst for legalising euthanasia.
# euthanasia - Tuesday 15 December, 2015
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
# euthanasia - Saturday 19 September, 2015
# Instant Tranquility
# Instant Tranquility
There’s been some chatter about mystery leaflets and planning permission notices this week. So what’s going on?
# euthanasia - Saturday 12 September, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
We should put the topic of Euthanasia on the table for a national debate towards legalising it here in Ireland, writes Aaron McKenna.
# euthanasia - Thursday 10 September, 2015
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
California is set to legalise the practice.
# euthanasia - Sunday 2 August, 2015
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
A healthy nurse has ended her life in a Swiss clinic.
# euthanasia - Friday 5 June, 2015
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
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.
# euthanasia - Tuesday 19 May, 2015
# India
# India
She has been in a vegetative state in a Mumbai since being attacked by a hospital worker in 1973.
# euthanasia - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
# Marie Fleming
# Marie Fleming
Tom Curran said TDs are ‘willing to break ranks’ to support his right-to-die law.
# euthanasia - Monday 13 April, 2015
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
# euthanasia - Saturday 3 January, 2015
# Bruges
# Bruges
Frank Van Den Bleeken had asked to die on psychological grounds.
# Marie Fleming
# Marie Fleming
Here’s a look at the situation in other countries.
# euthanasia - Thursday 6 November, 2014
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
As a compassionate society, must have the courage to face up to the question of terminal illness and euthanasia.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
“I don’t want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms.”
# euthanasia - Monday 15 September, 2014
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
The convict says that he has “unbearable psychic suffering”.
# euthanasia - Thursday 13 February, 2014
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
In total, there were 86 votes in favour and 44 against from the country’s lower House of Representatives.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 12 February, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about storm damage, the Garda Ombudsman and the law on euthanasia in Belgium.
# Your Say
# Your Say
What do you think about the highly-controversial issue?
# Mercy Killing
# Mercy Killing
A bill allowing euthanasia for minors facing “unbearable physical suffering” will be voted on by lawmakers tomorrow.
# euthanasia - Sunday 9 February, 2014
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
The giraffe’s body will be fed to tigers at the zoo in Copenhagen.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
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.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# euthanasia - Monday 17 December, 2012
# Gay Marriage
# Gay Marriage
“Why repeat the same mistake and chase after an unattainable utopia?” read the daily’s front-page editorial.
# euthanasia - Sunday 18 November, 2012
# Your Say
# Your Say
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?
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