Euthanasia

Over 1,100 physicians have signed a petition opposing Canada’s new medically assisted dying bill, saying the proposed legislation changes the nature of their profession and its removal of safeguards will ...

Tasmania appears set to become the third Australian state after Victoria and Western Australia to legalise euthanasia with the ...

Tasmania has moved closer to legalising euthanasia with new laws passing the Upper House of the state’s parliament. ...

New Zealand has provisionally voted to legalise voluntary euthanasia but is on course to reject law changes that ...

Court-ordered legislation to expand euthanasia in Canada is welcomed by advocates but condemned by opponents who say the ...

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Commentary For 2,500 years, doctors have taken the Hippocratic Oath, promising to “do no harm” generally and pledging—in ...

U.S. hog farmers are facing crises as outbreaks crop up close to meatpacking plants across the Midwest. With ...

A health policy expert is warning that Canada is moving too fast on changes to legislation that would ...

Commentary Although Canada's Constitution defends the right to life, Canadian courts keep mandating more death. The Supreme Court ...

In this episode of Crossroads we speak with Jane Orient, Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians ...

Euthanasia laws have passed Western Australia's lower house, with the bill now likely to face a tougher passage through ...

The controversial Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was passed 44-15 in Western Australia’s Legislative Assembly on Sept. 3. The ...

The balance of power in Tasmania's parliament has taken a turn, with former Labor MP Madeleine Ogilvie deciding ...

Australia's only euthanasia laws are in place but it could take weeks, if not months, for the first ...

Brian Owler, a respected neurosurgeon who was instrumental in helping pass assisted suicide legislation in Victoria in November ...

A week after returning from a camping trip in Oregon, Ollie the sheltie became weak and lethargic. His ...

Despite the Supreme Court of Canada ruling, human life remains the most precious, commonly shared value of Canadians—the ...

North America’s father of palliative care says legalizing euthanasia in Canada would be “disastrous.”

A physicians group against doctor-assisted suicide has launched a campaign to stop the practice from becoming legal.

Amnesty International welcomed the introduction of a new Bill on Friday that would provide legal protection for people ...

The Western Australian Parliament will begin debating the highly controversial Voluntary Euthanasia Bill on Tuesday.