Tag Archive for: assisted suicide
The legalisation of assisted suicide – what’s money got to do with it?
Today, according to the Sunday Times, Lord Falconer (pictured) will publish his new bill on…
Why the BMA should not go neutral on assisted suicide and euthanasia
This Wednesday, 27 June, the British Medical Association Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) will vote…
Open letter to Sir Graeme Catto, Chairman of Dignity in Dying
I have just made a formal complaint about a polling question which I believe may breach several Rules…
Rally for better palliative care & against assisted suicide & euthanasia – 3 July
Dignity in Dying, the former Voluntary Euthanasia Society, are planning a mass lobby of parliament on…
Most people with locked-in syndrome do not wish to die
Tony Nicklinson is 58 and paralysed from the neck down after suffering a stroke in 2005. He is seeking…
Why is the BMJ editor making a case for the BMA neutrality on ‘assisted dying’?
The British Medical Journal this week published three articles aimed at neutralising medical opposition…
Abortion and euthanasia dominate ethics agenda at BMA annual meeting
Abortion and euthanasia are to be debated at a major BMA meeting later this month.
The British Medical…
Assisted suicide deaths increase by 40% in one year in Washington State
The number of Washington state residents who died of physician-assisted suicide rose to 70 in 2011,…
Margo Macdonald’s flawed proposals on assisted suicide
Today is the last day to respond to Margo Macdonald's consultation on assisted suicide. The MSP is…
Huge increase in assisted suicide cases sounds strong warning to Britain
There has been a massive increase in cases of assisted suicide in both Oregon and Switzerland over…