euthanasia

Issued on: 12/05/2023 - 18:06 After a long battle, Portugal on Friday passed a law legalising euthanasia for people in great suffering and with incurable diseases,…

Issued on: 03/04/2023 - 12:45 President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday France must improve the availability of palliative care and there would be a draft bill by the end…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament voted for the third time in almost two years Friday in favor of allowing euthanasia, though as happened in the previous attempts the country’s Constitutional Court or president…

France’s citizens' council of 150 members of the public will meet on Friday to begin discussions on end-of-life care in France, including whether assisted suicide should be legalised. As French laws have evolved over…

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Activists calling for the decriminalization of assisted suicide in the Netherlands took the Dutch government to court Monday, arguing that…

Issued on: 13/09/2022 - 16:21 French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a national debate meant to broaden end-of-life options that will include exploring the…

A Connecticut woman with cancer sued Vermont on Thursday for allowing only its own residents to take advantage of a state law that lets people who are terminally ill end their own lives.Lynda Bluestein, 75, of Bridgeport,…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Anita Hannig, Brandeis University(THE CONVERSATION) Several states around the U.S. are currently considering…

The Associated Press is making available the full text of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the nationwide right to abortion:Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court.Abortion presents a profound moral issue on…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his ill wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos was pushed back Thursday until September, with defense lawyers arguing that…