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Maine voters won’t get chance to veto suicide, abortion laws at ballot box
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Euthanasia is not an expression of personal freedom, pope says
- Sep 3, 2019
Medical advancements do not help if they treat people as objects or when they are applied only to those people who are not considered a burden and “deserve” to be helped, Pope Francis said.
Final push begins for ‘people’s veto’ referendums on assisted suicide, vaccines in Maine
- Sep 2, 2019
Organizers of ballot measures aimed at undoing the Death With Dignity Act, restoring religious exemptions for vaccines, and stopping taxpayer funding for abortions through Medicaid are making a final push for petitions to stop the laws from going into effect.
Dutch doctor on trial in euthanasia case: ‘It can only be called murder’
- Aug 31, 2019
For the first time in Dutch history, a doctor is on trial after performing euthanasia on a woman suffering from severe dementia, who may have had second thoughts about wanting to die.
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