Tag Archive for: assisted suicide
Crown Prosecution Service defends assisted suicide policy among accusations of ‘legislation by stealth’
The Times is reporting that the Crown Prosecution Service is clearing the way for assisted suicide…
What Abdel Al-Megrahi and Ronnie Biggs teach us about the fallibility of ‘safeguards’ in assisted suicide laws
Tomorrow, 20 August, marks the second anniversary of the release from a Scottish prison of Abdel Baset…
Case of man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ may arouse emotions but the law does not need changing
The BBC, Daily Telegraph and most newspapers report today on the case of a 46-year-old man with ‘locked…
Dignity in Dying blog opts for assisted death after suffering unbearably
The Dignity in Dying blog has opted for assisted suicide after apparently suffering unbearably from a…
Another poll from the Voluntary Euthanasia Society (aka DID) to grab headlines
The Voluntary Euthanasia Society, which renamed itself ‘Dignity in Dying’ in 2006 to disguise its…
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…
Italy joins Bulgaria and France in blocking euthanasia legislation
Earlier this year I reported that France, Australia, Scotland, Israel and Canada had recently blocked…
Emmerdale injects some reality into its depiction of the sequelae of assisted suicide
I am not an Emmerdale fan but I was interested to see the way the Soap is developing the story following…
More brief euthanasia updates from around the world – some good, some bad
I have recently posted two blogs giving a round up of international euthanasia news, both of which have…
Video debate from the BMA on the Falconer Commission
The video below includes coverage of the full day's business on Thursday's Annual Representative Meeting…