Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, a member of the UK House of Lords and a Professor in palliative care warned Scotland's government that: online content is promoting a “culture of death”. Llandaff also warned Scotland's government legalizing assisted death could “gradually get eroded”, leading to “almost death in demand”. Sophie Villegas reported for Holyrood on November 29 Baroness Finlay commenting on Canada's experience with euthanasia: “It becomes too easy for people to view death as a solution. It's been estimated that it ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dániel Karsai is an Hungarian who lives with a progressive neurodegenerative condition who brought a case to European Court of Human Rights this week to challenge the Hungary's laws prohibiting euthanasia and assisted suicide. Daily News Hungary reported on November 29, 2023 that the Hungarian government intervened in the case by opposing any changes to their laws. According to Daily News Hungary the Hungarian Justice Ministry told the European Court of Human Rights that: The ministry said Hungary considered "unacceptable ..read more

The following press release is from ADF International on November 28, 2023. Dániel Karsai, Hungarian national suffering from progressive neurodegenerative condition, seeks legalization of assisted suicide in Hungary before European Court of Human Rights in oral hearing today.  ADF International intervenes, arguing that Hungary is obligated to protect the right to life; there is no “right to die”. Strasbourg (28 November 2023) – Hungarian national Dániel Karsai, diagnosed with a progressive neurodegenerative condition, brought his challenge to Hungary’s ban on assisted suicide before ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Portugal's Parliament Natasha Donn reported for the Portugal Resident on November 24 that Portugal's government will defer implementing regulations for euthanasia until after the next election that is scheduled for March 10, 2024. According to the report by Donn: health minister Manuel Pizarro has announced. Effectively dodging another ‘thorny’ issue (having already ditched talks with striking doctors, again because of the elections), the minister told Lusa that “the process of regulating the law is under development and will be an in ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. I have always been told that any reference to the Nazi euthanasia program is a sign of extremism, but this article is not comparing the modern euthanasia program to the euthanasia program in Nazi Germany but rather it is an investigation into the Nazi euthanasia program. The Lancet Commission on medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust released their report on November 8, 2023. Nazi doctors, Nurembourg A commentary on the findings of the Lancet Commision in relation to the Nazi euthanasia program was published on Novemb ..read more

Earlier this year, Tyler Dunlop gained international attention for all the wrong reasons. He was the ‘Homeless, hopeless Orillia man’ who was seeking medically assisted death. Now, he hopes to make a similar impact for all the right reasons. On November 17th, his book Therefore Choose Life—My Journey from Hopelessness to Hope is being published just in time for Christmas. It is available from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition for $20 for 1 copy or $50 for 3 copies (+$20 for shipping). Joe Roberts, who, as well as being “The Skid Row CEO,” is the author of several books, says of Therefore C ..read more

Message from the Australian Care Alliance Euthanasia and assisted suicide will, when the NSW Act comes into operation on November 28, be legal in 26 jurisdictions – including all six Australian states. In Colombia, Italy, Germany, Austria and Canada it became legal following decisions of high courts based on an alleged constitutional or charter right. In the Netherlands, euthanasia was first declared legal by courts interpreting the defence of “force majeure” (in the common law the “defence of necessity”) to mean that when a doctor is faced with otherwise unrelievable suffering in the patie ..read more

Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I was fortunate to have the opportunity to speak at the HOPE Ireland conference on Saturday, November 11 as Ireland is currently debating the legalization of assisted suicide. The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) recently explained their opposition to legalising assisted suicide in a presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying. The RCPI is Ireland’s largest post-graduate medical training body and a professional body for medical doctors with over 11,000 Members and Fellows across 29 different medi ..read more

The Calgary Herald published the article: UCP policy proposals on MAID worth a second look by James Mahony on November 14, 2023. By James Mahony In a recent opinion column, Cynthia Clark attacks policy proposals on medical assistance in dying (MAID) presented at the recent United Conservative Party convention. It’s worth noting that, even if passed, these proposals might never be adopted by the Alberta government, or might be revised along the way. Nonetheless, some of the proposals make sense, especially those protecting freedom of conscience for Alberta health-care professionals. Before dis ..read more

This article was published by National Review online on November 14, 2023. Wesley Smith By Wesley J Smith I am a frequent critic of the medical establishment. But not this time. It didn’t make much news, but the American Medical Association had another vote to repeal its existing policy against assisted suicide, and for the fourth time — good on them — the delegates refused to budge. The current policy remains in place, which states in part: Euthanasia is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose seri ..read more