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Friday May 16, 2008

American preacher: How I helped Irish woman commit suicide

An American preacher who admitted assisting a Dublin woman commit suicide has described how he helped take her own life by giving her drugs and putting a bag over her head.

Saturday May 12, 2007

Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide:

Euthanasia Cases Fall in Netherlands

The number of euthanasia cases is falling sharply in the Netherlands where mercy killings were legalized six years ago, a government-funded report said Thursday.

Monday November 6, 2006

Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide:

Haunted mother who backs mercy killing

Kennedy says she is instinctively opposed to euthanasia but after almost four decades of caring for Jonny, she believes it should be an option in some circumstances.

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UK Doctors: let us kill disabled babies

One of Britainâ€™s royal medical colleges is calling on the health profession to consider permitting the euthanasia of seriously disabled newborn babies.

Sunday April 30, 2006

Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide:

Euthanasia on the Rise in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The number of reported cases of legal euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide in the Netherlands increased in 2005 for the third year in a row, a Dutch agency said Thursday.

Monday March 6, 2006

Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide:

Holland to allow ‘baby euthanasia’

When Frank and Anitaï¿½s daughter Chanou was born with an extremely rare, incurable illness in August 2000, they knew that her life would be short and battled against the odds to make it happy.

Wednesday January 18, 2006

Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide:

Justices Uphold Oregon Assisted-Suicide Law

In a Blow to Administration, Ruling Paves Way for Other States to Follow Suit

Thursday October 6, 2005

Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide:

High Court Clashes Over Assisted Suicide

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- New Chief Justice John Roberts stepped forward Wednesday as an aggressive defender of federal authority to block doctor-assisted suicide, as the Supreme Court clashed over an Oregon law that lets doctors help terminally ill patients end their lives.

Saturday October 1, 2005

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Dutch government to set guidelines on infant euthanasia

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Dutch government intends to expand its current euthanasia policy, setting guidelines for when doctors may end the lives of terminally ill newborns with the parents' consent.

Thursday March 31, 2005

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Netherlands weighs expanded euthanasia law

A new proposal calls for rules and expert panels to decide cases involving "people with no free will."

Monday January 24, 2005

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Dutch report on child euthanasia

Dutch doctors have reported 22 mercy killings of terminally ill babies since 1997, according to a new study.

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No prosecution for Dutch baby euthanasia

AMSTERDAM: Dutch doctors have ended the lives of babies born with disabilities but have not been charged despite euthanasia being illegal for children, a study says.

Monday January 17, 2005

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Church ends taboo on mercy killings

• Archbishop's aide signals new approach

Friday January 7, 2005

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Dutch euthanasia law should apply to patients “suffering through living,” report says

Doctors can help patients who ask for help to die even though they may not be ill but "suffering through living," concludes a three year inquiry commissioned by the Royal Dutch Medical Association. The report argues that no reason can be given to exclude situations of such suffering from a doctor’s area of competence.

Tuesday December 7, 2004

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Disabled people want the right to die

Four-fifths seek legalisation of euthanasia for the terminally ill, reveals a poll that suggests a big change in British attitudes

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