Assisted suicide articles
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Scotland's support for assisted suicide is falling as Parliament considers legalization
Scottish support for assisted suicide is less than 50% when it applies to people who are not terminally ill, and yet Scotland's proposed euthanasia bill permits people who are not terminally ill to be killed by euthanasia.
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California lawmaker drops assisted suicide expansion after bipartisan outrage
(The Center Square) - California State Sen. Catherine Blakespear withdrew her bill to expand the state’s assisted suicide program after near-universal outrage, including opposition from the author of the bill that first authorized assisted suicide in the state. “If people have an incurable illness or disease that is causing them great suffering and will in fact result in their natural death‚ I believe they should have the autonomy to make decisions that allow them to have the...
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California lawmaker withdraws bill to expand assisted suicide following backlash
The proposed bill would have extended access to assisted suicide to those who lack a specific prognosis and would have essentially introduced euthanasia by intravenous injection.