Tag : assisted suicide
Doctor with Patient title : Assisted Suicide: CLF, EFC and ACBO Form Coalition in Physicians' Conscience Case
summary : The Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF), The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), and the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario (ACBO) have filed a joint factum with the Ontario Divisional Court in the physicians' conscience case: Christian Medical and Dental Society (CMDS) v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
date : Apr 12, 2017 03:33 PM EDT
Doctor with Patient title : Washington DC Council Passes Assisted Suicide Bill
summary : Lawmakers passed a bill this week that will make assisted suicide legal in the District of Columbia, aligning the city with six states where terminally ill patients can choose to die with the help of a doctor.
date : Nov 19, 2016 08:15 AM EST
Hospital Patient title : Mentally Ill Patients in California Can Choose to Die By Assisted Suicide
summary : California law gives mentally ill patients who are suffering from a terminal sickness the option to die by assisted suicide.
date : Oct 28, 2016 09:38 AM EDT
Assisted Suicide title : Swiss Salvation Army Nursing Home Forced To Perform Assisted Suicide
summary : A Christian nursing home in Neuchatel in Switzerland must perform assisted suicide to patients who ask for it, according to a federal court order.
date : Oct 15, 2016 06:24 PM EDT
Canada Supreme Court title : Assisted Suicide Law Considered In Canada, Christian Doctors Struggling With Conscience
summary : Thousands of Canadian Christian doctors may be forced to execute assisted suicide if a proposed new law passes. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled the country's prohibition on suicide assistance was a breach of an individual's Charter rights. Government representatives have until June to pass new legislation, but a Christian physicians' group is already sounding alarm about the implications of a change in the law.
date : Feb 05, 2016 05:57 PM EST
Brittany Maynard title : Controversial California Right-to-Die Bill Inspired by Brittany Maynard and Opposed by Rick Warren Advances in Special Session
summary : A controversial bill that would allow doctors in California to prescribe lethal prescriptions to terminal patients wanting to hasten their own deaths passed a key legislative committee despite failing in the legislature earlier this summer amid opposition from pro-life and religious leaders.
date : Sep 02, 2015 02:15 PM EDT
Assisted Suicide in Canada title : Euthanasia: Canada’s Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Doctor-Assisted Suicide, Making 'Right-to-Die' Legal
summary : A legal battle that has lasted for 20 years ended Friday after Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that people with terminal illnesses have the right to die.
date : Feb 07, 2015 12:01 AM EST
Brittany Maynard Assisted Suicide title : Stiff Opposition Expected on 'Right-to-Die' Bill Proposed in California
summary : The mother of a young California woman with inoperable brain cancer who wanted to end her life went to Sacramento to persuade state lawmakers to pass legislation to allow people the “right to die” legally.
date : Jan 22, 2015 01:52 PM EST