California moves ahead with assisted suicide bill
California’s Senate voted last week to approve the End of Life Option bill, which now heads to the state Assembly for debate, while Gov. Jerry Brown hasn’t said whether he would sign the bill. “Passing SB128 More...
Pastor Rick Warren speaks out against California assisted suicide, ‘End of Life’ bill
Pastor Rick Warren spoke out against a new California bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives through physician-assisted suicide. Warren is the latest Christian leader to voice an opinion More...
Canada: Battle over ‘right to death’ and euthanasia heats up
The Canadian Supreme Court struck down total prohibitions on doctor-prescribed death Friday but said that Parliament may only allow a “stringently limited, carefully monitored system of exceptions” and affirmed More...
Belgian cancer doctor euthanizes woman without any treatment for her depression
Belgian doctor Wim Distelmans is under fire by critics for euthanizing a woman without first treating her depression or finding her proper care. Margot, the woman’s daughter, has filed a formal complaint More...
Pregnant Texas woman Marlise Munoz removed from life support after judicial ruling
The family of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman says she has been removed from life support following a judge’s ruling that a Fort Worth hospital was misapplying state law in the case. A statement sent More...
Husband and family of Marlise Munoz file lawsuit to end brain dead woman’s life support, would kill her unborn child
A Texas family is battling a Texas hospital over end of life decisions. Marlise Munoz collapsed in her home last November from an apparent blood clot in her lungs when she was 14 weeks pregnant with her second child. Her More...
Dr Ana Gomes speaks out against New Jersey Death with Dignity Act, nicknamed the suicide bill
Not everyone is supportive of New Jersey’s Death with Dignity Act, proclaiming it as a ‘slippery slope’ to abuse by physicians and a reckless disregard for human life. One Jersey physician, Dr Ana Gomes, a More...
Assisted suicide, euthanasia become key issues in New Jersey, Minnesota
Legalization of assisted suicide moves ahead in New Jersey as a related case is to be heard before the Minnesota Supreme Court. NVVE is an “End of Life” group offering assisted suicides and euthanasia More...
Kenneth Minor, convicted for murder, will get a new trial in ‘assisted suicide’ case
A New York man convicted of murder after saying he simply helped a man commit suicide with a knife will get a new trial, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday. Jeffrey Locker was a popular author and the man asserts More...
Assisted suicide initiative in Massachusetts is narrowly defeated
Nicknamed the Death with Dignity Campaign conceded Wednesday morning as 51% of voters had opposed the assisted suicide measure in Massachusetts. Jack Kevorkian started to popularize the assisted suicide movement More...
