Dutch euthanasia for mental illness surges 60%, including teen with autism
Lawmakers in the U.K. and Canada should be looking at the rise in young people opting for euthanasia for mental health reasons with enormous alarm.
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Articles tagged Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Oregon bill would allow non-physicians to prescribe assisted suicide drugs
Oregon's Senate Bill 1003 would allow physician assistants and nurse practitioners to prescribe assisted suicide drugs in addition to doctors, expanding the scope of the life-ending procedure.
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15,000 Canadians died in one year while on healthcare waiting lists: report
When the number of Canadians who die while on a waiting list for treatment is combined with the number of euthanasia deaths, the number of deaths is overwhelming. This data does not include deaths from medical error.
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People with disabilities are vastly overrepresented in Canada’s latest assisted suicide figures
In 2023, Canada recorded over 15,300 euthanasia deaths, with disabilities, poverty, and loneliness driving decisions. Assisted suicide represented 4.7 percent of all deaths in Canada last year.
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Most Canadians worried euthanasia targets poor citizens but still support practice overall
A recent poll has found that 62 percent of Canadians worry financially or socially vulnerable people are more likely to opt for euthanasia than others, yet 63 percent still support the current laws.
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Delaware Gov. John Carney vetoes bill legalizing assisted suicide
While the bill being vetoed is a massive success, in 2025, John Carney will not be the Governor of Delaware, and the assisting suicide lobby will propose a similar bill to legalize assisted suicide.
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The fight against euthanasia for the mentally ill in Canada is still far from over
Jonathon Van Maren sits down with Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition to discuss the latest efforts to legalize euthanasia for the mentally ill in Canada, what a future Conservative government might change, and more.
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Canada’s euthanasia regime has created the ideal conditions for ‘healthcare serial killers’
Canada’s euthanasia regime, the University of York's Christopher Lyon observed, has created the ideal conditions for HSKs—especially because there are now broad criminal exemptions for euthanasia 'providers'.
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UK researcher concludes Canada’s euthanasia regime may enable ‘healthcare serial killers’
University of York professor Christopher Lyon published a paper in the HEC Forum this month titled, 'Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying System can Enable Healthcare Serial Killing,' warning the nation of the potential consequences of the current euthanasia law.
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Saskatchewan euthanasia deaths jumped over 30% from 2022 to 2023: data
The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition that there were 344 assisted deaths in 2023, up from 257 in 2022, representing an increase of over 30 percent in just one year.
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