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Medical study shows autistic people have been euthanized in The NetherlandsA recent study has shown that autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities have been euthanized in The Netherlands, the Associated Press (AP) has reported.
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Canada considering euthanasia for drug addictsThe Canadian government is preparing to legalise euthanasia for drug-addicts as early as next year, in a step being labelled by some as ‘eugenics.’
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Polls show drop in public support for assisted suicide
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Scotland: legalising assisted suicide would open 'Pandora's Box'New assisted suicide legislation in Scotland would open a 'Pandora's Box' according to Dr Miro Griffiths, disability policy advisor, Disability Studies scholar, and spokesperson for Better Way.
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Humza Yousaf deepens opposition to assisted dying
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Majority in support of Assisted Suicide narrows
65% of Britons continue to support assisted suicide, according to a recent Ipsos poll, in a result which has encouraged opponents to its introduction. The poll indicates far less support than is…
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Call to improve assisted suicide reportingCARE has called for media outlets covering the issue of assisted suicide to signpost to support services for vulnerable readers.
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Euthanasia “should be discussed” says Carol VordermanFormer Countdown star, Carol Vorderman has shared that she thinks legalising Euthanasia “should be discussed”.
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Canadian woman with depression offered assisted suicide after lack of hospital beds
A Canadian woman has spoken out about her shock after being offered access to assisted suicide rather than being able to see a psychiatrist when she went into hospital with feelings of…
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Press release: CARE says narrative around David Hunter case troublingDavid Hunter, a retired miner who suffocated his cancer-stricken wife to death, has walked free from a Cyprus court.
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German Parliament rejects assisted suicide proposalsFresh assisted suicide proposals have been voted down, twice, by the German Parliament, where politicians rejected two bids to create wide-ranging legal frameworks to allow assisted suicide.
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Canadian army-veterans diagnosed with PTSD offered euthanasiaCanadian veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD as a result of serving in Afghanistan have been offered assisted suicide as a cure for their mental health problems.
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