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Canadian Paralympian offered assisted suicide when asking for a stairliftA Paralympic army veteran has claimed government officials in Canada offered to giver her euthanasia equipment when she was pushing to have a stairlift installed in her home.
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Assisted suicide 'Groundhog Day' as parliamentary inquiry announcedCARE has decried an assisted suicide 'Groundhog Day' following the announcement of a new parliamentary inquiry into the issue.
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Tragic story highlights need for more palliative care
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Assisted Suicide plans revealed at Toronto’s sick kids’ hospital
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Assisted Suicide plans revealed at Toronto’s sick kids’ hospitalDoctors from Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children have published their policies and procedures for administering medically assisted suicide to children, including scenarios where the parents would not be told until after the…
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Assisted suicide undermines suicide prevention, study showsThe introduction of euthanasia or assisted suicide undermines suicide prevention, according to a new paper.
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Laws governing assisted suicide must be upheld in UK, Welsh police sayWelsh police officers have defended their decision to investigate a woman who helped a stranger travel and access assisted suicide overseas, saying criminal laws must be upheld.
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MSP behind Scottish assisted suicide bill urged to back 'death pods'A former doctor and scientist known as "Dr Death" has written to the politician behind assisted suicide plans at the Scottish Parliament and urged him to utilise his "death pod" invention.
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Canadian man applies for doctor-assisted death due to homelessnessA Canadian man is applying to end his life under Canada's regressive euthanasia framework because he does not want to be homeless.
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Scotland MSP wins right to introduce assisted suicide bill
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur has won enough support from MSPs to officially introduce his private members assisted suicide bill to the Scottish Parliament.
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Dutch activists seek wide assisted suicide law
Assisted suicide campaigners are seeking to widen legislation governing the practice in The Netherlands to allow any citizen to participate.
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Belgian state rapped for human rights violation under euthanasia lawThe European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Belgium contravened human rights legislation under its euthanasia law.
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