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Assistance in suicide, related legislation and objections to such practices.
A significant number of Catholic health workers in Illinois are now covered by a temporary restraining order on the state's new physician assisted suicide law that took effect Sept. 12.
Read →A woman is pictured in a file photo holding up a sign during a rally against assisted suicide on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. A Canadian lawmaker says pushback has been growing against expanding assisted suicide to include those with mental illnesses in the weeks since she held a press conference July 9, 2025, in British Columbia on a bill she’s introduced to block mental health as a sole criteria.
Read →In 2024, Canada recorded a world-leading 16,499 deaths under MAiD, or Medical Assistance in Dying, with some patients qualifying although they were not dying. The post Former premier who led Quebec when province OK’d ‘assistance in dying’ now questions its expansion first appeared on OSV News .
Read →This milestone comes despite sustained opposition from campaigners and medical professionals concerned about the risks to vulnerable patients.
Read →Western Australia’s euthanasia and assisted suicide scheme has grown well beyond what was projected, according to the state’s latest annual report. The data raises serious […] The post Western Australia’s assisted dying numbers are 10 times what was predicted appeared first on Family First NZ .
Read →Dr Ramona Coelho, who is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario’s Schulich School of Medicine and a past member of the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee was published by the National Post on October 16 with her article: Ottawa keeps mucking up […] The post This Doctor Was on the MAID Review Committee, And She Admits There’s Problems appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →Calls have been made for an inquiry into Western Australia’s ‘assisted dying’ laws after it has seen a 243% increase in cases of euthanasia over four years.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr Ramona Coelho, who is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute , an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine and a past member of the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee was published by the National Post on October 16 with her article: Ottawa keeps mucking up MAiD . In her Special to the National Post , Coelho is responding to Canada's federal parliament defeating Bill C-218, the bill that would have prevented euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole
Read →The “death with dignity” campaign is targeting the global aging population, suggesting that taking one’s life is a dignified option and a way not to burden families.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dementia Justice Canada says that they will continue raising concerns with Parliament and other lawmakers about MAiD by advanced request as they develop and consider the proposed legislation. Angelico Dino reported for the Canadian Lawyer on October 13, 2026 that Dementia Justice Canada has serious concerns with euthanasia (MAiD) by advanced request.
Read →“Sometimes mental illness is terminal,” Torie Bosch writes in a personal essay about medical aid in dying for psychiatric reasons.
Read →Canada has one of the most expansive programs in existence for “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD): With Quebec having the highest proportion of people choosing MAiD worldwide, some call it “the euthanasia capital of the world.” As more than 76,000 people have died through MAiD through 2024 (the latest available report), Catholic and pro-life groups and mental-health advocates have raised objections, especially with an expansion planned for March 2027 that would allow people whose only medical condition is mental illness to be eligible for MAiD. Even The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Read →Ultimately, Dr. Jean Marmoreo is arguing that society should not prevent the suicides of people with mental illness, but simply make them more palatable.
Read →Calls have been made for an inquiry into Western Australia’s ‘assisted dying’ laws after the state has seen a 243% increase in cases of euthanasia over a four-year period. The state has been called the “euthanasia death capital of Australia” after the new annual report, published today, revealed that 2.9% of deaths are now caused […]
Read →While it’s a relief that government will no longer approve MAID for mental illness, it is unconscionable that they will add advance requests
Read →Governor JB Pritzker's pro-death law has hit another snag, with a federal judge protecting nearly every Catholic institution and healthcare professional from promoting assisted suicide.
Read →Register for the free online screening of the Prescription Poison film: Averting Assisted Suicide in America Tuesday, October 27 at: 8 pm (Eastern Time) / 5 pm (Pacific Time). The Prescription Poison film is produced by Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalitio n and Frank Panico with Xs in the Sky films.
Read →“Success in the UK is down to refusing... the terminology invented by proponents...
Read →The Liberal government defeated a private members bill that would have prohibited Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) for people whose requests were based solely on a mental disorder. Despite this, the government announced a policy that would effectively achieve the same end.
Read →Wesley J. Smith appeared on the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss how quickly assisted suicide and euthanasia are being embraced in the West as the answer to any and all suffering.
Read →The following letter was sent by a supporter who wishes to remain anonymous. Dear Hon Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice I am writing to express my absolute condemnation of the government's plans to expand MAiD to permit advance requests for incapable, irreversible, and vulnerable patients.
Read →In the wake of Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s announcement that the Carney government plans to ban euthanasia for people struggling solely with mental illness, the suicide activists are out in force. Euthanasia practitioner Jean Marmoreo promptly penned a truly vile column for the Globe and Mail titled, “Refusing MAID for mental disorders will come at [...] The post Canada’s top newspaper pushes lethal injections for the mentally ill first appeared on The Bridgehead .
Read →Former Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, who voted for Canada’s first assisted suicide bill, now says he wouldn’t back it again while confirming what pro-lifers warned against a decade ago.
Read →A Swiss referendum, passed by over 68%, has stripped conscience protections from at least 30 Christian hospitals and care homes, leaving patients no option to choose care that won’t kill.
Read →I still marvel at people who think–even after decades of experience with these laws–that legalizing assisted suicide or euthanasia will remain limited to the few for whom nothing else can be done medically to prevent suffering. Not only is it not true, but it is never intended by euthanasia enthusiasts to be so constrained.
Read →Philippe Couillard, who was the Premier of Québec in 2014 when euthanasia was legalized, stated on a CBC radio program that he is not sure if he would support that law today. Darren Major reported for CBC News on October 10 that: The former Québec premier who oversaw passage of Canada’s first-ever medically assisted dying […] The post Québec’s Premier Who legalized Euthanasia Now having Second Thoughts appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →Queensland recorded 1,082 assisted suicide and euthanasia deaths in 2025–26, as the review board called for consultation on potentially widening eligibility criteria.
Read →I still marvel at people who think — even after decades of experience with these laws — that legalizing assisted suicide or euthanasia will remain limited to the few for whom nothing else can be done medically to prevent suffering. Not only is it not true, but it is never intended by euthanasia enthusiasts to be so constrained.
Read →Under the order, nearly all Catholic healthcare institutions in Illinois are protected from being forced to carry out assisted death procedures.
Read →Victoria’s assisted dying deaths have surged by 300 per cent since legalisation, while a disturbing case involving a patient’s partner raises urgent questions about safeguards.
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