American Medical Association Retains Opposition to Assisted Suicide
‘Physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer,’ the AMA’s current code reads.
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Survey in Canada: Religious Hospitals Should Not Be Forced to Provide MAiD
When it comes to individual doctors, Canadians are less supportive of conscience rights.
Poll: Two-Thirds of Britons Favor Legalizing Assisted Suicide Ahead of Possible Law Change
The steady figures come as the British Parliament considers the possible legalization of assisted suicide as activists push for the law change and critics warn against making doctor-assisted killing legal.
As Canada Prepares to Expand Assisted Suicide, Advocates Warn of Threat to Mentally Ill
Canada first legalized assisted suicide in June 2016 for adults suffering from irreversibly deadly illnesses.
UK Catholic Bishops Join Other Faith Leaders to Oppose Assisted-Suicide Bills
Bills are being consider at Westminster and in the Scottish Parliament.
Leading Catholics and Rabbis Agree: Help Terminally Ill, Reject Assisted Suicide
The Catholic presentation at the meeting highlighted the guiding principles for treating the terminally ill.
Archbishop Paglia’s Ambiguous Comments on Assisted Suicide Raise Questions
COMMENTARY: Are certain Church leaders engaged in strategic ambiguity, including word games of revealing and concealing, altering, and maintaining with a view to changing Church teachings?
‘Suicide Tourism’: Vermont Rewrites Law to Offer Assisted Suicide to Non-Residents
Ten states and Washington, D.C., have already legalized assisted suicide across the country and 12 states are considering legislation in 2023.
Canada’s Assisted Suicide Guidance for Docs: ‘Virtual’ Assessments, and Don’t Tell Patient’s Family
The guidelines follow prominent news reports that some poor or isolated Canadians are securing medical approval for euthanasia for treatable pain, minor conditions, or fear of homelessness.
Connecticut Pro-Lifers March for Life and ‘Commit to Being Mighty for Our Smallest’
Despite living in a state that supports abortion rights, participants at the event expressed hope that they will be able to build on the success that the pro-life movement achieved nationally last year, with the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
