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Italy: Controversial verdict may force legalization of assisted suicide
- Jul 28, 2020
The acquittal of two “right-to-die” activists who aided in the suicide of a person suffering from multiple sclerosis may force the Italian government to legalize assisted suicide in the country.
Massachusetts judge rejects right to physician-assisted suicide
- Jan 15, 2020
Patients who are terminally ill do not have a right to physician-assisted suicide, but their doctors can provide information and advise about medical aid in dying, a Massachusetts court has ruled.
Two archbishops urge support of House resolution on assisted suicide
- Dec 21, 2019
Two U.S. archbishops urged support of a House concurrent resolution that calls for “comprehensive medical care” over suicide or assisted suicide for patients nearing the end of their lives.
Vatican official: I’d ‘hold hand’ of person dying from assisted suicide
- Dec 10, 2019
A leading Vatican official says he would “hold the hand” of someone who was dying from assisted suicide, even though he considers it wrong, because “no one is abandoned” by the Church.
Jewish, Christian, Muslim leaders sign declaration against euthanasia
- Oct 28, 2019
Representatives from the Catholic and Orthodox churches and the Muslim and Jewish faiths signed a joint declaration at the Vatican reaffirming each religion’s clear opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
Report outlines ‘dangers, harms’ assisted suicide laws pose to disabled
- Oct 18, 2019
The National Council on Disability said in a new study that “the dangers and harms” physician-assisted suicide laws present to people with disabilities “appear to be as significant today” as they were in 1997 and 2005, when the council earlier analyzed the harms of such laws.
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