Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Carmelo Leotta, one of the lawyer for four people who are asking the Italian court for equal legal protections, sent an explanation of a court intervention concerning assisted suicide. The intevention concerns four people who want to live who are arguing for the equality of persons with disabilities. Leotta writes: On March 26, 2025, the Italian Constitutional Court will return to decide on aiding suicide (i.e., Article 580 of the Italian Penal Code, which punishes a person who helps another person commit suicide). In 201 ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition New Hampshire legislature The New Hampshire assisted suicide bill (House Bill 254) is likely dead in 2025 following a close vote to table the bill in the House of Representatives. William Skipworth reported for The New Hampshire Bulletin on March 20, 2025 that: By a single vote, the New Hampshire House of Representatives decided to table a proposal to legalize assisted suicide. By tabling this bill, the House decided not to advance it to the Senate, but didn’t kill it entirely. Lawmakers can still bring it back up ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An editorial that was written by Dr Scott Murray and Dr Simon Etkind that was published in the British Medical Journal on March 12, 2025 explains that prognostic criteria in providing a six month terminal prognosis are inaccurate. The article is a response to the assisted dying bill in the UK that is sponsored by Kim Leadbeater (MP). The Leadbeater bill states that a person qualifies for assisted dying if they are: “reasonably expected to die within six months,” The authors write: However, the challenges of prognostication ..read more

The following article was republished with permission from Kelsi Sheren. Consider subscribing to Kelsi Sheren's substack. Kelsi Sheren By Kelsi Sheren The conversation around Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) for minors brings forth deep ethical, moral, developmental, and societal concerns that are essential to explore thoroughly. The idea that minors, even when labeled as "mature," should possess the autonomy to decide upon ending their own lives raises profound and multifaceted issues requiring careful examination, and by examination I believe it just shouldn’t be happening AT ALL ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition As we approach the 20 Anniversary of Terri Schiavo's death by dehydration, I found it important to publish information about a study that shows that large numbers of people in a comatose state have hidden consciousness. Chris Malone, the assistant science editor for the Daily Mail reported on March 3, 2025 that: Scientists have discovered a hidden sign of consciousness in comatose patients that shows they can hear and understand the world around them. The study found bursts of organized, fast frequencies in the patient's ..read more

The Delaware State Senate must defeat assisted suicide Bill HB 140. On March 18, Delaware assisted suicide bill HB 140 passed in the State House by a vote of 21 to 17. HB 140 will now move to the Delaware State Senate. Please contact every member of the Delaware State Senate and urge them to vote NO to assisted suicide Bill HB 140. (Link to the list of Delaware State Senators). In 2024, a similar assisted suicide bill passed in the State House by a vote of 21 to 16 and then passed in the Senate by a vote of 11 to 10. Last September Delaware Governor John Carney votoed the assisted suicide bill ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Brussels Times reported on March 19, 2025 that there were almost 4000 Belgian euthanasia deaths in 2024. According to the Brussels Times report: The number of patients opting for euthanasia in Belgium rose by nearly 17% in 2024, amounting to 3,991 cases, according to figures by the Federal Control and Evaluation Commission on Euthanasia (FCEE) on Wednesday. The Brussels Times stated that euthanasia represented 3.6% of all deaths in 2024 which was up from 3423 in 2023 or 3.1% of all deaths. It is important to state that B ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. Recently the UK Royal College of General Practitioners (GP'S) changed their position on assisted suicide from being opposed to being neutral on assisted dying. This is important because the UK parliament is debating a bill, sponsored by Kim Leadbeater (MP), to legalize assisted suicide. On March 14, The Royal College of GP's released the results of a survey of GP's and based on the results The Royal College of GP's claimed that the membership wanted to change their position from opposed to assisted dying to neutral. In a ..read more

This article was published by National Review online on March 18, 2025. Terri's Mom, Dad and sister (right) By Wesley J Smith Twenty years ago today, Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was withdrawn with court approval, commencing a cruel deprivation of sustenance that resulted in her death by dehydration 13 days later. For those who may not remember, the case became the most hotly contested bioethics issue since Roe v. Wade as Terri’s husband Michael fought in courts and in the media with her parents and siblings over his desire to remove all Terri’s food and fluids. In the end, he won ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Britain is debating an assisted suicide bill sponsored by Kim Leadbeater (MP). The Committee that is examining the assisted suicide bill is stacked with pro-assisted suicide members. The committee has debated multiple proposed amendments to the legislation and yet all of the amendments that would tighten the bill have been rejected. An article by Hadley Freeman that was published in The Times on March 2, 2025 looks at the issue of assisted suicide for people with Anorexia. According to Freeman, Leadbeater rejected the pro ..read more