Euthanasia

Mary Harned

Death wish: Following in Belgium’s footsteps

Euthanasia | Belgium is currently discussing two bills to expand its euthanasia laws—one allowing minors the right to euthanize, and the other allowing elderly patients with early Alzheimer’s to sign a document authorizing…

Euthanizing sick babies to spare parents’ suffering

Euthanizing sick babies to spare parents’ suffering

Euthanasia |  Doctors in the Netherlands are now able to use a muscle relaxant that kills extremely ill children faster so that parents don’t have to suffer the pains of…

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin

Midday Roundup: Vermont voters get their death wish

Newsworthy |  Dispensing with dignity. Vermont is expected to become the fourth state to legalize euthanasia later today when Gov. Peter Shumlin signs an assisted-suicide…

Jeannine Young, Brenda Pepin, and Kathleen Grange pray before the debate on an assisted suicide bill in the Vermont Senate.

Death for others

Euthanasia |  Six states—Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, Kansas, Hawaii, and Massachusetts—are looking to pass bills legalizing assisted suicide, which has never made…

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Euthanasia |  She liberated her husband from a concentration camp, but who will free Lang Yen Thi Vo from the medical establishment?

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