Euthanasia Articles
Suicide 101!
Here we go again. Honestly, sometimes you just have to laugh at the purveyors of death. I couldn't make this [...]
New Senate bill would open door to euthanasia
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Ontario has grave concerns about Senator Sharon Carstairs Bill S-2, the Medical Decisions Facilitation Act. The [...]
Ontario anti-euthanasia group in full swing
Leaders from the medical, hospice, palliative care and pro-life fields in Ontario have joined to form a coalition that will [...]
Law to thwart euthanasia
Representatives Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) and Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) introduced the Pain Relief Promotion Act 1999 (H.R. 2260) on June 17 [...]
Dutch to formally legalize euthanasia
Plans to legalize euthanasia under "strict" guidelines are expected to gain approval next year in the Netherlands, making it the [...]
Kevorkian convicted for televised ‘mercy-killing’
Asks jur, 'Look at me. Do you see a criminal?' The man critics call "Dr. Death" was found guilty March [...]
Morrison reprimand sends the wrong message
"I will follow that system of regimen which ... I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from [...]
The Trials of Trying Kevorkian
On hearing that U.S. suicide champion Jack Kevorkian is to be tried again for "helping" someone to commit suicide, we [...]
The ethics of showing Kevorkian ‘snuff films’
A few years ago, there was a popular black-market video tape called Faces of Death, showing what producers claimed was a [...]
Morrison appeal rejected
On Nov. 19, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Jill Hamilton upheld an earlier decision dismissing murder charges in a suspected [...]
Latimer sentenced to life in prison
Convicted 'mercy-killer' plans to appeal latest decision to the Supreme Court On Nov. 23, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled [...]
Teen comes out of 9-week coma
Doctor pressed parents to allow organ donation Every parent's worst nightmare came true for Don and Margaret Romaniuk of Lethbridge, [...]
Disability group moves against assisted suicide
A prominent national organization of Canadians with disabilities has come out strongly opposed to euthanasia and assisted suicide. A few [...]
Life support withdrawn from unwilling patient
If 76-year-old Herman Krausz had known what he was in for when he arrived at Montréal Jewish General Hospital (MJGH) [...]
Anglicans stand firm on euthanasia
The Anglican Church of Canada's highest governing body, the General Synod, approved a resolution denouncing euthanasia and assisted suicide during [...]