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Making it up as they go: Falsifying Vermont death certificates

This article was published by the Australian Care Alliance on January 2, 2020. Vermont: 28 people reportedly died by assisted suicide in the past two years. As reported in a previous blog on the latest report on deaths by assisted suicide in Vermont, the report states: 100% of the death certificates listed the appropriate causeContinue reading “Making it up as they go: Falsifying Vermont death certificates”

Euthanasia for hip fractures in Québec

This article was published by the Australia Care Alliance on November 9, 2019. Three people were euthanased in Quebec between April 2018 and March 2019 for a hip fracture. This is just one of the warnings about where legalisation of euthanasia leads that can be drawn from the latest report on euthanasia in Quebec. *Continue reading “Euthanasia for hip fractures in Québec”

Abandoning hope: Euthanasia for mental disorders.

This article was published by the Australian Care Alliance on July 24, 2019. Guidelines issued for assessing and executing requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide from people with mental disorders, including addictions such as alcoholism, by the Netherlands Federation of Medical Specialists and the National Council of the Order of Physicians of Belgium essentially authoriseContinue reading “Abandoning hope: Euthanasia for mental disorders.”

Euthanasia for victims of rape.

This article was published by the Australian Care Alliance on June 5, 2019 It was widely reported in the english media that a 17 year old girl was euthanased on Sunday 2 June 2019 at her home in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on the grounds of her suffering as a victim of rape. However, Dutch reportsContinue reading “Euthanasia for victims of rape.”

Euthanasia drops by 7% in the Netherlands in 2018.

By Richard Egan, researcher with the Australian Care Alliance The latest annual report on euthanasia and assisted suicide from the Netherlands shows that in 2018 the number of reported deaths by euthanasia decreased – for the first time since legalisation – to 6126 (a 7% decrease from 6585 cases in 2017).Dutch deaths by euthanasiaContinue reading “Euthanasia drops by 7% in the Netherlands in 2018.”

Health Canada publishes inaccurate and incomplete data on euthanasia in Canada.

Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On March 21, I reported that there were 4235 “Medical Aid in Dying” euthanasia deaths in 2018, an increase of 50% over 2017, representing approximately 1.5% of all deaths. The data for my report was obtained from a presentation by Jocelyn Downie, an academic euthanasia activist, for theContinue reading “Health Canada publishes inaccurate and incomplete data on euthanasia in Canada.”