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Image Source: X / Mike Lee Canada recorded more deaths through assisted suicide in 2024 than the United States recorded firearm homicides, despite the US having a population more than eight times larger. According to Health Canada’s latest annual report, 16,499 people died through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) during…
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Image Source: (L) UK Parliament | (R) SPUC Pro-Life Liberal Democrat MP for the South Cotswolds Dr Roz Savage has this weekend authored an explanation of why she decided to vote against the resurrected Terminally Ill Adults (End Of Life) Bill at its Second Reading, despite having a mother who…
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Image Source: Shutterstock A disabled two-year-old child has been euthanised in the Netherlands after doctors and the child’s parents concluded that the toddler was suffering unbearably, despite the child not being terminally ill and being incapable of requesting death. The case is the first reported use of controversial Dutch rules…
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Image Source: UK Parliament On Friday the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed to pass its second attempt Second Reading in the House of Commons by a margin of just sixteen votes, 286 to 270. During the heated debate on the issue, which could have led to the…
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MPs voting against the assisted suicide bill have warned that the “NHS should be saving lives, not taking lives”as the risks to the most vulnerable were highlighted during a debate at Westminster. The debate concluded with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill being voted down by 286 to 270 votes.
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Image Source: Exit International Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is facing calls to block controversial assisted suicide campaigner Philip Nitschke from entering Britain to demonstrate his latest suicide device just days before MPs vote on assisted dying. Nitschke, widely nicknamed “Dr Death” and previously responsible for the Sarco suicide pod, is…
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Image Source: Shutterstock A man in Lombardy has become the first person in Italy to die by assisted suicide in a procedure entirely managed by a regional health service, raising concerns about the transformation of healthcare from preserving life to facilitating death. Domenico Zuccarella, 59, died by assisted suicide on…
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Image Source: Shutterstock A new government report has suggested that the passage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would disproportionately endanger those of an ethnic minority. This comes at the same time as the projected number of deaths from state-sanctioned suicide have quadrupled. The impact assessment says…
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Image Source: (L) UK Parliament | (R) Society for the Protection of Unborn Children According to Politics UK, Andy Burnham has told Labour MPs that he will not be voting on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its Second Reading on 11th September. This comes at the…
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Image Source: Shutterstock France has ordered life insurers to pay out to the beneficiaries of people who die through assisted suicide or euthanasia, prompting concerns that relatives could acquire a financial interest in someone choosing to end their life. The provision forms part of France’s newly approved assisted suicide law…
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Image source: assistustolive.com A coalition of disabled and terminally ill people, and allies, have called on Andy Burnham and MPs to halt the assisted suicide Bill until palliative and social care have been comprehensively reformed. In a letter organised by the Assist Us To Live campaign, signatories argue that disabled…
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Image Sources: Shutterstock The final chance to save France from assisted suicide was squandered today, as the country’s Constitutional Council upheld legislation legalising assisted suicide and euthanasia in specified circumstances, clearing a major legal hurdle for one of President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship social reforms. The Council, France’s highest constitutional authority,…
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Image Source: Suffolk Police | (L) Lorna Nightingale, (R) Emma Nightingale A woman from Lowestoft who was accused of murdering her 70-year-old mother has said she gave her a fatal quantity of medication after her mother repeatedly asked for help to end her life. Emma Nightingale, 36, was charged with…
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Image source: Shutterstock The family of an 83-year-old Canadian grandmother has alleged that she was euthanised despite previously rejecting assisted suicide on religious grounds and later expressing distress about the decision. Brigitte Stegemann, known to her family as “GG,” died through Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme on 10th…
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Image source: Shutterstock New York’s controversial assisted suicide law has come into force, allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill adults despite sustained opposition from Catholic leaders, disability advocates, and pro-life campaigners. The Medical Aid in Dying Act took effect on 5th August after being signed by Governor…