Read more. Many polls in different countries give a majority of the public in favor of legalizing euthanasia. But things change if, instead of asking a generic question, people are asked to consider specific situations that bring out the complexity of the matter, as Dominic R. Mangino and other researchers have verified with a study that…
Read more. When debating the legalization of euthanasia or assisted suicide, the specific language of the legislation is often overlooked while people debate the concept assisted death. The language in the 122 page Tasmania End of Life Choices bill which is expected to have its second reading in the Upper House on September 15, allows for a…
Read more. Nursing homes in the UK were asked by government health managers and family doctors to place blanket “Do not resuscitate” (DNR) orders on all residents at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to keep hospital beds free, a report has alleged. The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) surveyed 128 nurses and care home managers about their…
Read more. Recently there has been an awakening concerning the eugenic attitudes of past leaders. Many leaders in the past believed that the lives of people with disabilities had less value. Today’s society thinks that it is more enlightened and more supportive of people with disabilities. The study I am writing about today indicates that eugenic attitudes towards newborns…
In the midst of the devastation that the CoVid19 pandemic has caused and continues today originating in terms of human lives, some countries continue to focus their efforts on eliminating those lives that seem to be considered “less worthy” of being lived.This is the case of New Zealand debate on euthanasia as the country approaches…
Tom Mortier’s lawyers presented an appeal to the Belgian euthanasia law based on the death of Mortier’s mother suffering from depression at the European Court of Human Rights Legal representatives of Mortier seeking justice in the 2012 euthanized death of his depressed mother Godelieve De Troyer have stated that Mr. Mortier was informed the day after his mother…
In January 2020 a report (by ‘Commission van Wijngaarden’) was presented which concluded that approx. 1.8 % of all persons of 55 years and up, have a wish to end their lives, without being ill. They do not suffer unbearably and hopelessly, but consider their lives to be “complete”. The researchers noted that the death…
Read more. On Monday, June 29 the State Council confirmed the decision of the national disciplinary chamber of the Order of physicians in France, upheld the removal of the medical license of Dr Nicolas Bonnemaison for intentionally breaking the law by lethally injecting a patient. In October 2015, Bonnemaison was found guilty and given a two year suspended…
Last 20th February five proposals of law introducing euthanasia in Portugal where approved at the Portuguese parliament.Some days before (the 7th February) the Federation Pela Vida launched a campaign against euthanasia and for a referendum. After the above referred vote the proposals of law were sent to a parliamentary commission in order to open the debate on article…
Read more. Many nursing home residents with breathing difficulties were given morphine instead of oxygen. Disturbing figures are coming from Sweden about the number of Covid-19 deaths amongst the elderly. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, half of the people who died in Sweden were residents of nursing homes. Sweden’s approach to the…