Oregon Reports Significant Uptick in Assisted Suicides
In all, 2023 saw a nearly 30% increase in assisted-suicide prescriptions and a 20% rise in deaths.
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New Hampshire Legislators Reconsider ‘Medical Aid in Dying’ Legislation
The Diocese of Manchester, which takes up the entire state, has rallied opposition to the bill.
Canadian Judge Grants 27-Year-Old Autistic Woman’s Request for Assisted Suicide
The decision is stayed for 30 days in order to allow the woman’s father to appeal.
Irish Doctors Reject Parliamentary Committee’s Support for Assisted Suicide
The committee’s report, released on March 20, recommended the introduction of laws permitting assisted suicide for persons diagnosed with terminal diseases.
French Bishops Condemn Macron’s Assisted Suicide Bill
Reims Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort condemned the president’s proposal in a recent interview.
Assisted Suicide Proposal Successfully Rebuffed Again in Maryland Legislature
Assisted-suicide bills have been considered in Maryland numerous times since the 1990s, but have never passed.
‘This is About Killing People’: Leading Voice Against Euthanasia Warns of Pro-Euthanasia Efforts
EPC Executive Director Alex Schadenberg told “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Tuesday that there are “20 states in the U.S. that are debating an assisted suicide bill.”
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Decriminalizes Euthanasia
The National Assembly, for its part, will have a period of 12 months to debate and approve the bill.
Virginia Bishops Warn of ‘Deadly Harm’ in New Assisted Suicide Bill
Assisted suicide, the practice by which a physician or other person assists a patient in taking his or her own life, is currently legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia.
Maryland Bishops Denounce Assisted-Suicide Bill
The bill, titled the End-of-Life Option Act, was introduced in both the House and Senate in mid-January.
