A woman in her 80s was euthanized in Ontario, Canada, after telling medical staff she wanted to live and receive hospice care, according to a review board, which said her death was approved and carried out the same day after her husband requested a second assessment.
The incoming archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out against assisted suicide, as a bill to legalize helping people end their lives is moving through the U.K. Parliament.
Even as we applaud any laws that protect vulnerable lives, we must also pray for God to intervene on their behalf.
The Catholic Parliamentary Office has reacted with concern to the rejection of a number of proposed safeguards to Scotland’s assisted suicide bill.
Illinois will soon allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients and become the next state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, igniting backlash from faith leaders who warn of a slippery slope toward death on demand.
Uruguay’s Senate has given final approval to a law legalizing euthanasia, five years after the debate first began.
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has opened up about her religious beliefs and acknowledged that she has a "God-shaped vacuum" in her heart that she could take to the grave. She also voiced opposition to euthanasia and marijuana use.
A narrow majority of people in the United States believe that physician-assisted suicide is “morally acceptable,” according to a recent report from Lifeway Research.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide cases in New Zealand have risen by more than a third in the past year.
Christians and disability advocates are speaking out against a U.K. government impact assessment that claims the legalization of assisted suicide for the terminally ill could save the U.K.’s National Health Service up to $79 million (£59.6 million) annually.
