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Another Australian state on the verge of legalising euthanasia

This article was published by Mercatornet on December 6, 2019. By Richard Egan At 4:11pm on Thursday, 5 December 2019, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 passed its third reading vote in the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia by a decisive vote of 24 to 11. Only one member changed her voteContinue reading “Another Australian state on the verge of legalising euthanasia”

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”

Canada euthanasia – The numbers game.

This article was published by Paul Schratz on his blog on May 17, 2019. By Paul Schratz is editor of the BC Catholic I’m indebted to Alex Schadenberg at Canada’s Euthanasia Prevention Coalition for this week’s column, since he not only did all the research but a fair chunk of the number crunching. You mayContinue reading “Canada euthanasia – The numbers game.”

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.”