How one criminal case in France could open the door to legalizing assisted suicide
A French tribunal acquitted a veterinarian of forging a prescription because he wrote it to help a sick friend commit suicide.
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Articles tagged Belgium Euthanasia
Belgian court slaps down doctors’ bid to repeal euthanasia law
The eight claimants argued that the 2020 legislation facilitating assisted suicide was unconstitutional.
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24 infants illegally killed in Belgium by lethal injection over a period of 15 months
Those given lethal injection ‘die by drowning when their lungs fill with fluid ... it takes 100 hours for death to arrive.’ It looks peaceful ‘because they can’t move their muscles and they’re paralyzed.’
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Young people in Europe strive to make their continent more pro-life
Europe has some of the most extreme laws on abortion and euthanasia, and four in five of the youth justify them in some or all cases.
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Vatican strips ‘Catholic’ label from Brothers of Charity Belgian hospitals for refusing to stop euthanasia
The religious order also is expected to cut ties with 12 psychiatric centers that were considered Catholic institutions.
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Jury court acquits Belgium doctors of murdering mentally ill young woman who requested death
The 'mercy killing' was determined to be justified despite Tine Nys' good physical health and complaints from her sisters.
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Belgian nurses give up their jobs to avoid having to euthanize patients
A cancer doctor writes in a new book that palliative care units are becoming departments of assisted death.
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Pro-family group files lawsuit on behalf of man whose mother was euthanized without him knowing
The woman's son learned of her death 'when the hospital called about turning over her remains.'
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Belgian bishops: No euthanasia in Catholic hospitals
Euthanasia 'attack[s] the very foundations of our civilization,' say the bishops.
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Vatican to investigate Belgian Catholic hospitals for deciding to euthanize sick people
The Catholic Church teaches that euthanasia, 'whatever its forms or motives, is murder.'
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