Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I reported, last week, that the Québec government officially decided to extend euthanasia to people with mental illness. Katrina Laframboise with Global News reported that the Québec government is now backtracking on its decision to extend euthanasia to people with mental illness. Laframboise reported: Health Minister Danielle McCann madeContinue reading “Quebec backtracks on decision to permit euthanasia for mental illness”
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Belgian trial draws curtain from dark back-story to euthanasia death
This article was published by Mercatornet on January 27, 2020. By Michael Cook The criminal trial of three Belgian doctors for assisting in an allegedly illegal euthanasia of a woman in 2010 is under way. It is the first time that doctors have been charged with an unlawful death since the legalisation of euthanasia inContinue reading “Belgian trial draws curtain from dark back-story to euthanasia death”
Quebec will officially extend euthanasia to include psychiatric conditions.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article by Sidhartha Banerjee, for the Canadian Press reports that the Québec government has officially decided to extend euthanasia to people with mental illness. The article reports: Health Minister Danielle McCann told a news conference Tuesday that people with mental health issues who aren’t responding to treatment wouldContinue reading “Quebec will officially extend euthanasia to include psychiatric conditions.”
Three Belgium doctors will go on trial in the euthanasia death of a woman diagnosed as Autistic.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Tine Nys’s sisters, Sophie and Lotte The trial of three Belgian doctors who participated in the euthanasia death of Tine Nys on April 27, 2010 will begin on Tuesday, January 21 in Ghent. A BBC news article reported: Nys’s family argue that her reason for seeking to end herContinue reading “Three Belgium doctors will go on trial in the euthanasia death of a woman diagnosed as Autistic.”
Waiting lists are growing for psychiatric euthanasia in the Netherlands.
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.”
Psychiatrists Must Prevent Suicide, Not Provide It
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Psychiatrists Cynthia Geppert, Mark Komrad, Ronald Pies and Annette Hanson are leading voices against the involvement of Psychiatrists in the acts of euthanasia and assisted suicide. During the past several months there have been a series of articles and rebuttles between Geppert, Komrad, Pies and Hanson with Drs Kious andContinue reading “Psychiatrists Must Prevent Suicide, Not Provide It”
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”
Former Belgian College of Physicians & Surgeons VP warns that euthanasia may be approved for "fear of death."
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Ivo Uyttendaele, the Former Belgian College Physicians & Surgeons VP argues in his new book, De Wetstrijd that abuse cannot be prevented under the current Belgian (& Dutch) euthanasia practice. An interview with Uyttendaele published in the Knack on November 9 concerned his new book on euthanasia. Uyttendaele statesContinue reading “Former Belgian College of Physicians & Surgeons VP warns that euthanasia may be approved for "fear of death."”
Euthanasia in Belgium. A son’s story
Tom Mortier Godelieva De Troyer had been suffering from chronic depression for twenty years. The family was unaware when she was euthanised by a doctor who co-chairs the federal euthanasia regulator and who co-founded a euthanasia organisation that De Troyer had just given money to.’ Tom Mortier hadn’t given much thought to Belgium’s euthanasia laws.Continue reading “Euthanasia in Belgium. A son’s story”
Abandonment – That’s what euthanasia is all about
This article was published by OneNewsNow on October 17, 2019. Alex Schadenberg The International chair of a coalition that believes euthanasia and assisted suicide should continue to be treated as murder/homicide says even many mental health professionals are against the practice. Physically healthy 23-year-old Belgian woman is being considered for euthanasia. Please sign the Letter ofContinue reading “Abandonment – That’s what euthanasia is all about”
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