Spain legalises euthanasia and assisted suicide for long-suffering patients with incurable diseases The Bill was passed in 198-138 vote while Popular Party and Vox party voted ‘no’ Not put into effect until three months after it’s published in government gazette It will legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide for long-suffering patients Spain is following in the … Read more
Holland allows doctors to secretly sedate euthanasia patients who have dementia with sleeping pills to stop them becoming violent before lethal injections Marinou Arends was convicted of murder after euthanising a dementia patient The Dutch doctor had given the woman sleeping pills to stop her resisting The owoman, who could no longer consent, had earlier … Read more
New Zealand votes AGAINST legalising cannabis but for allowing euthanasia in landmark referendums By Australian Associated Press Published: 01:04 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 01:12 GMT, 30 October 2020 New Zealand has voted against legalising cannabis in a referendum, preliminary results show. Early results show 53.1 per cent of Kiwis were against making the drug … Read more
Holland considers allowing euthanasia for children aged from one to 12 years of age Health minister Hugo de Jonge raised the issue during a briefing The measure would aim only at terminally sick children who are suffering Minors can request euthanasia from the age of 12 but need parental consent By Aliki Kraterou For Mailonline … Read more
Half of doctors back law change on euthanasia: 50% support assisted dying with prescription of life-ending drugs, new survey reveals Half of British doctors support law change to allow for euthanasia, survey found But just 36% would be willing to prescribe drugs to lead to someone’s death Survey of 29,000 doctors and students was the largest to … Read more