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A leading campaign group has said that if an Oireachtas committee's recommendation that euthanasia be legalised for those judged to be within six to 12 months of death, pressure will mount for it to be allowed on far more expansive grounds.
A Canadian man has called on a judge to block his 27-year-old daughter’s assisted suicide, arguing that the young woman lacks the ability to fully consent to the doctor-assisted death.
A consultant geriatrician has slammed the Oireachtas Committee for its "disturbing" support for assisted suicide. Prof Ger O'Neill said it "doesn't make it more acceptable that [...] we should kill people," claiming that a majority of doctors are opposed.
The HSE has told the final meeting of the Committee tasked with examining assisted suicide that sufficient supports, both legal and medical, are already in place in Ireland, to enable people to die in a dignified way.
Plans to expand euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness are on pause in Canada, health officials said this week – with legislation introduced to delay the policy change for three years.
An Oireachtas Committee examining assisted suicide will hear today from the Danish National Council on Ethics who will discuss why they voted by a huge majority last year against its introduction.
The Medical Council of Ireland has told a Joint Oireachtas Committee that the removal of its ban on “deliberate killing” from its updated guidelines was not the body “taking a stance or paving the way for any possible future change” when it comes to assisted suicide.
Many disabled people in Ireland are “very concerned” about assisted dying, an Oireachtas committee meeting has heard, with one disabled activist fearing that it will lead some to view themselves as a “burden.”
Ethical guidelines given to doctors by the Irish Medical Council no longer contain a ban on the deliberate killing of patients. The line "you must not take part in the deliberate killing of a patient" has been removed from a section on End of Life Care
Palliative care doctors have told an Oireachtas committee meeting that legalised assisted dying would “inevitably” lead to “incorrect deaths” of vulnerable people.
An expert in treating mental health for cancer patients has told the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide that “it would be a travesty if assisted dying became a substitute for assistance in living"
Veteran Irish barrister William Binchy has told the Oireachtas Committee looking at Assisted Suicide that people who are old and physically frail “may be concerned they are becoming a burden on their families” and in turn, be more vulnerable to ending their lives through the practice if it becomes law.
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