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. Blogs Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent • May 10, 2022
Belgian court slaps down doctors’ bid to repeal euthanasia law The eight claimants argued that the 2020 legislation facilitating assisted suicide was unconstitutional. News Pierre Boralevi • Feb 18, 2022Feb 18, 2022
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.’ News Emily Mangiaracina • Nov 17, 2021Nov 17, 2021
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. News LifeSiteNews staff • May 20, 2021Jul 30, 2021
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. News Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent • May 5, 2020Jun 18, 2021
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. News Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent • Jan 31, 2020Jun 18, 2021
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. Pulse Dorothy Cummings McLean • Jan 19, 2018Jul 30, 2021
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.' News Society for the Protection of Unborn Children • Nov 14, 2017Jun 18, 2021
Belgian bishops: No euthanasia in Catholic hospitals Euthanasia 'attack[s] the very foundations of our civilization,' say the bishops. News Claire Chretien • May 26, 2017Jun 18, 2021
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.' News Pete Baklinski • May 9, 2017Jun 18, 2021