Program of the Day. Europe needs a sincere and honest debate about values. Beyond the political union and the single market, the European Union is also a matter of values. Thanks to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, legally binding since 2009, Europeans are guaranteed the exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms, an objective…
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…
Here the information about this March The National March for Life in the USA will take place on the 24th of January in Washington DC. This massive March is an annual rally to counter the 1973 decision of Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States. The March promotes the beauty and dignity…
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.
Más información The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) recently released a poll about the role of religion in public policy. Much of the media coverage of the poll has focused on differences in public attitudes among various religious groups.
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.