Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A Trouw news article by Marten van de Wier is reporting that the waiting list for psychiatric euthanasia at the euthanasia clinic in the Netherlands has grown to more than 100 people with an expected waiting time of one year. The Trouw report indicates that fewer psychiatrists are willingContinue reading “Waiting lists are growing for psychiatric euthanasia in the Netherlands.”
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Euthanasia of people with dementia. Medpage “ethics consult”
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week, Medpage Today posted an “Ethics Consult” concerning euthanasia of a person with dementia. The consult was based on the euthanasia death of a Dutch woman who requested euthanasia in her advanced directive, but then resisted and said NO at the time of the euthanasia. The physician putContinue reading “Euthanasia of people with dementia. Medpage “ethics consult””
Québec government begins consultation on expanding euthanasia for Alzheimer’s
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last September,Québec Justice Christine Baudouin expanded Canada’s euthanasia law by striking down the “terminal illness” requirement in the law. By striking down the terminal illness requirement, the court expanded euthanasia to people who are not dying and to people with psychiatric reasons alone. On Friday the Québec government announced theContinue reading “Québec government begins consultation on expanding euthanasia for Alzheimer’s”
Ontario Doctor experiences abuse with MAiD (euthanasia) law.
By Taylor Hyatt and Amy HasbrouckTourjours Vivant – Not Dead Yet Taylor Hyatt Recently, Taylor Hyatt attended a conference for medical students, where a few lectures on euthanasia were presented. Taylor was moved by the talk given by Dr. David D’Souza, a chronic pain specialist in Toronto. His talk focused on eligibility for euthanasia, and heContinue reading “Ontario Doctor experiences abuse with MAiD (euthanasia) law.”
Dark Anniversary: The State of Assisted Suicide 25 Years after Oregon Measure 16
This article was published by National Review online on November 19, 2019 Wesley Smith By Wesley J Smith Measure 16 in Oregon did not start the fire, but it added fuel. Proponents of assisted suicide are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Measure 16, the Oregon referendum that, for the first time in the modern era,Continue reading “Dark Anniversary: The State of Assisted Suicide 25 Years after Oregon Measure 16”
Researchers cast spotlight on Dutch euthanasia for dementia
This article was published by Bioedge on October 27, 2019 By Xavier Symons A group of US-based researchers have published a detailed review of Dutch cases of euthanasia for patients with dementia. Their findings show that euthanasia doctors in many cases ‘read in’ what they think an incapacitated patient would say about receiving assistance inContinue reading “Researchers cast spotlight on Dutch euthanasia for dementia”
Canadian Alzheimer’s Society Endorses Euthanasia by Advance Directive
This article was published by the National Review online on October 17, 2019 Wesley Smith By Wesley J. Smith Canada is debating whether to permit euthanasia by advance directive, meaning, allowing people to sign instructions requiring they be killed by their doctor once they reach a determined level of incompetence. In other words, a formerContinue reading “Canadian Alzheimer’s Society Endorses Euthanasia by Advance Directive”
Nevada Legalizes Starving and Dehydrating Incapacitated Patients
This article was published by National Review online on October 7, 2019 Wesley J Smith By Wesley J Smith This is stunning. Nevada has passed a law allowing competent persons to sign an advance directive instructing that all food and water be withheld if they become incapacitated by dementia. In other words, the law allowsContinue reading “Nevada Legalizes Starving and Dehydrating Incapacitated Patients”
Dutch prosecutors ask Supreme Court to clarify euthanasia rules for people with dementia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Prosecutors in the Netherlands have asked the Supreme Court to clarify the euthanasia law, after a court in the Hague expanded the euthanasia law by acquitting a doctor who euthanized a woman with dementia who resisted the euthanasia injection. Dutch court expands euthanasia law by acquitting doctor who euthanizedContinue reading “Dutch prosecutors ask Supreme Court to clarify euthanasia rules for people with dementia.”
A UK man received a suspended sentence after killing his mother by pushing her off a balcony.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Direction, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Langley Lodge Care Home in Essex UK Robert Knight, in the UK, plead guilty to manslaughter for killing his mother, June Knight who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. According to the BBC news, Knight was cleared of murder and received a two year suspended sentence for pushing his motherContinue reading “A UK man received a suspended sentence after killing his mother by pushing her off a balcony.”
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