The BBC, Daily Telegraph and most newspapers report today on the case of a 46-year-old man with ‘locked in syndrome’ who is to ask the High Court for permission to allow doctors to help him end his own life. As the Telegraph reports: ‘The man, […]
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Nitschke announces his latest scheme to help more Australians kill themselves
I previously commented on a You Tube video of the assisted suicide of a British couple in their 80s who died in a suicide pact at their home in Victoria Australia. Don Flounders, 81, suffered from mesothelioma, which is an incurable form of lung cancer […]
Italy joins Bulgaria and France in blocking euthanasia legislation
Earlier this year I reported that France, Australia, Scotland, Israel and Canada had recently blocked legislation to allow euthanasia or assisted suicide. Last week the Bulgarian parliament Health Committee overwhelmingly rejected a bill to legalize euthanasia and the State of Oregon (where assisted suicide has […]