Assisted suicide Archives

Jewish, Christian, Muslim leaders sign declaration against euthanasia

Catholic News Service, Vatican
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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

Dutch cardinal cautious in response to euthanasia acquittal

Church in Europe
Oct 3, 2019

Dutch Cardinal Wim Eijk gave an official reaction to the verdict in a landmark euthanasia case, in which a doctor who performed euthanasia on a woman suffering from severe dementia has been acquitted of murder. Last week prosecutors announced their decision to take the case to the Dutch Supreme Court.

Maine voters won’t get chance to veto suicide, abortion laws at ballot box

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 20, 2019

Bishop Robert P. Deeley of Portland said he was “saddened to learn” that physician-assisted suicide and taxpayer-funded abortions will not face a statewide vote “despite the great opposition” to both laws.

Acquittal of Dutch doctor leaves euthanasia law unclear in dementia cases

Church in Europe
Sep 18, 2019

The Dutch doctor who performed euthanasia on a woman suffering from severe dementia, has been acquitted of murder. The court in The Hague ruled on Sept. 11 that the doctor hasn’t broken the Dutch euthanasia law.

Firing of doctor at Catholic hospital sets off fight over assisted suicide law

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 5, 2019

The firing of a Colorado doctor who wanted to prescribe life-ending drugs to a man suffering from incurable cancer has touched off a legal battle testing the state’s medically assisted suicide law.