Euthanasia

Psychiatrist opens door to “rational suicide”

I have been warning for many years about the “rational suicide” movement within the mental health professions. The latest thrust to have psychiatrists sanction some suicidal patients’ self-destruction was just published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry–alarming considering the euthanasia movement’s current energetic attempts to legalize doctor-facilitated death there. Psychiatrist Angela Ho argues that helping keep mentally anguished patients alive can be more harmful than their suicides. From the National Post story: Most guidelines for managing people with suicidal thoughts are based on the premise that depression, substance abuse or other forms of mental illness drive suicide. Little is said about […]
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New Mexico attorney general appeals assisted suicide lower court decision

Today we learned that Gary King, the New Mexico Attorney General, appealed the activist lower court decision that undermined protections for New Mexico citizens from assisted suicide by finding a right to assisted suicide in the New Mexico State Constitution. On January 13, 2014 Judge Nan Nash, of the Second Judicial District in New Mexico legislated from the bench by allowing New Mexico doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to assist the suicide deaths of their patients in the case Morris v New Mexico. The Albuquerque Journal reported that: Nash found that the right exists under the New Mexico Constitution, which […]
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British Parliament to have a free vote on assisted suicide

The British media reported that the Conservative government in the UK will allow a free-vote in parliament on assisted suicide. First: The assisted suicide bill is a private members bill. Usually private members bills are a free vote. Second: Assisted suicide bills have been debated and defeated in the UK on several occasions. There is no reason why this time will be any different. On March 6, 2014, an Oregon style assisted suicide bill went to a free vote in the New Hampshire house of representatives and it was overwhelmingly defeated by a vote of 219 to 66. The New […]
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New Hampshire legislature votes down assisted suicide overwhelmingly

Nancy Elliott, a Euthanasia Prevention Coalition International board member and a former three term New Hampshire state representative led the charge to defeat assisted suicide bill HB 1325 in New Hampshire.  Nancy Elliott posted the following message on her facebook page: Some of you may have heard by now that HB 1325 for Assisted Suicide was killed 219 to 66, by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. It went down in flames. This was the last of three bills and the most direct one promoting Assisted Suicide. We will continue to be protected from Assisted Suicide in New Hampshire for […]
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Arizona House passes bill for prosecuting assisted suicide

The Associated Press has reported that an Arizona bill designed to make it easier to prosecute cases of assisted suicide passed on the Arizona House on Tuesday. The article stated: Republican Rep. Justin Pierce of Mesa says his bill will make it easier for attorneys to prosecute people for manslaughter for assisting in suicide by more clearly defining what it means to “assist.”  House Bill 2565 defines assisting in suicide as offering and providing the physical means used to commit suicide, such as a gun. Current state statute does not clearly define what it means to “assist.”  The proposal was prompted […]
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Quebec euthanasia Bill 52 may die

It is possible that Quebec's euthanasia Bill 52 will not go to a vote before the Parti Québécois (PQ) government calls an election. If an election is called, Bill 52 will be dead. On Thursday, February 20, the Quebec National Assembly left for a break until March 11, without completing the debate or voting on euthanasia Bill 52. Currently, the PQ government has minority standing with 54 of 125 seats in the Quebec National Assembly. Recent polls indicate that the PQ government, under premier Pauline Marois, would do well if an election is called. Many reports indicate that Marois will call an […]
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