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A pro-euthanasia activist with three murder convictions helped an Irish man struggling with mental health to secretly access assisted suicide in Switzerland.
A landmark ruling was issued by The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig on the 7th of November which clarified that ending one own’s life was fundamentally not a medical service.
A report on assisted suicide in Oregon showed that over 53% of people whose lives were ended by the procedure in 2020 reported the fear of being a burden on family, friends or other caregivers as a reason.
"Society must promote hope, assisted suicide is a statement of no hope:" Elma Walsh, the mother of Irish teenager Donal Walsh, addressed the Oireachtas Committee today to speak out against the introduction of assisted suicide in Ireland:
The main points I wish to make involve the moral logic underpinning the legalisation of assisted suicide and, or voluntary euthanasia.
When the mask slips, people catch an unvarnished glimpse at what is going on behind all the soothing, medicalized language: killing people.
In Dickens’ enduring classic, ‘A Christmas Carol’, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, asked to assist those who were in desperate need but who would rather die than face the cruelties of the workhouse, delivers a tremendously pitiless response.
European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the right to life of 67-year-old Godelieva de Troyer was violated
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.
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.
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.
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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