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Assisted Suicide / Euthanasia

RIGHT TO LIFE of mother with depression VIOLATED when doctor EUTHANIZED her, rules European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the right to life of 67-year-old Godelieva de Troyer was violated

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Woman offered Assisted Suicide for "abject poverty" as she couldn't get housing for her disability

A breaking story from Canada should be compulsory reading for everyone who has been led to believe that the push to have Assisted Suicide legalised will bring about a more compassionate system.

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Life-sucking tentacles of doctor-assisted suicide must have no place in our society

There have been many attempts to make assisted suicide synonymous with dignity. A dignified death without medical assistance to end suffering is not part of the narrative reported by our media.

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Assisted Suicide bill now looks on shaky ground

Last October, after an extensive and supportive media build-up, the Dáil voted on a bill proposed by the Socialist TD, Gino Kenny, seeking to legalise Assisted Suicide and euthanasia in Ireland - ensuring doctors could end the lives of patients.

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Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: pharmacists must also have the right to conscientious objection

In jurisdictions where euthanasia and/or assisted suicide is legal, experience shows there are profound implications for pharmacy practice. Little attention in the current euthanasia debate has been paid to the role of Irish pharmacists.

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Most liberal countries don’t allow assisted-suicide. Here’s why.

Despite extreme social liberalisation across the West in recent years, assisted suicide remains illegal in most of the world, including much of Europe.

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Why leading doctors oppose assisted suicide

A Private Members’ Bill seeking to permit assisted suicide will be debated in the Dáil soon. It is proposed by Solidarity-People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny.

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Gino Kenny doesn't seem to know what's in his own bill on Assisted Suicide

People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny, doesn't seem to know the contents of his own Bill - the proposed legislation he will introduce to the Dáil this afternoon which seeks to make Assisted Suicide legal.

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COVID-19: We cannot allow care to be denied to older people and those with disabilities

In the week before Easter, Life Institute (for which I am a spokeswoman) launched a campaign seeking to ensure older people would not be denied life-saving care in this crisis, because decisions regarding the allocation of critical care should never be based solely on age. Events since then have given fresh urgency to the initiative.

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First we killed our unborn children. Now we're killing our own parents

In a culture that elevates transient pleasure as a “value,” while reducing “value” itself to a subjective and utilitarian status, I suppose it should not be surprising that the worth of human beings is now constantly in question. We once lived in a culture that drafted laws to protect “dependents”: the very young, the very old, and the disabled. This was done in recognition of the fact that a human being’s increased vulnerability correspondingly heightens our moral responsibility to that human being.

Assisted Suicide / Euthanasia

ADRIAN O'BOYLE: Killing Compassion

In recent times there have been numerous attempts to encourage the legalisation of euthanasia in a number of EU countries. Various emotive arguments are being used in an attempt to railroad this most murderous and undignified process into our culture and into our public hospitals.

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