Program of the Day. New circumstances in Spain have precipitated with the coronavirus and we must suspend the Seminar scheduled for March 13 and 14. We will inform you of the new date of the event as soon as we can fix this date. We apologize for any inconvenience this suspension may cause, but we believe…
Here the information about this report After Spain’s socialist party tried and failed twice last year to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, the lower house of the country’s parliament has now voted to consider a bill that would legalize the practices in certain circumstances.
Here the information about this report In the Netherlands, on 30 January, a survey was presented with regard to the size and circumstances of the group of people, with a desire to die, who in the eyes of those involved cannot be honored with existing euthanasia legislation. The research provides a clear insight into the…
Más información Assisted suicide has to date been forbidden as stated by article 540 of the penal code. This decision has given rise to great debate, also because the Court has shown scant regard for the rules of democracy, bestowing upon itself a power which it does not in fact possess.
The Italian Constitutional Court with an order of 2018 (n. 207) and with a judgment of 2019 (242), following the line drawn by law 219/2017 on advance provisions of will, decriminalized, under certain conditions, the aid to suicide hitherto banned in any case by art. 540 of the penal code. The decisions have made much…
More information. J’aurais dû, pour passer le cap des censures, écrire « Les hommes et les femmes fongibles entre eux et entre elles ». Ce « passeport » eût annoncé des propositions éthiquement bienséantes.
More information. Twenty years’ experience in Oregon shows that “Inadequate pain control or concern about it” is a distant sixth most-cited reason for patients to choose lethal medication, and even that statistic mixes current pain with anticipation of future pain.
More information. There is no doubting the importance of the biomedical research carried out by Juan Carlos Izpisua and his team.
Complete Text The trial of the doctor who lethally injected (euthanasia) an incompetent woman without effective consent is happening this week in the Hague Netherlands.
We often hear that abortion must be a free choice of women, and that those who oppose abortion restrict women’s freedom. But what is the choice? A truly free choice is a choice whose consequences are monitored for the rest of your life. An incorrect career choice makes you unhappy, but it can be changed.…