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Intentional life-ending practices described as euthanasia or medical assistance in dying.
A Canadian Paralympian and Army veteran asked her government for a wheelchair ramp and got offered death instead. Ottawa blamed one rogue caseworker, but Canadian hospitals kept pitching death to patients...
Read →In the Netherlands, children ages 1 to 12 were once protected from euthanasia. Then the rules changed, and the first child killed under them was not yet 2 years old.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On September 1, 2026 I published an article about a woman in a London Ontario hospital who was upset after twice being offered euthanasia without requesting it. The woman was particularly upset when the woman in the bed next to her, who didn't request euthanasia, said Yes to death by euthanasia, after the MAiD team sold it as a "beautiful death" at her bedside.
Read →The Holy See challenged the U.N.’s working group on the elderly to reject attempts to validate euthanasia and assisted suicide in a new legally binding treaty.
Read →The mid-term election resulted in a significant shift in political representation with the Democrats taking control of the US House and Senate. At the State level there were six states that went from bipartison control to a Democrat state Trifecta.
Read →Alex Schadenberg Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The mid-term election resulted in a significant shift in political representation with the Democrats taking control of the US House and Senate. At the State level there were six states that went from bipartison control to a Democrat state Trifecta.
Read →A new poll revealed that about one in 10 Canadians has either been offered assisted suicide for a treatable condition or knows someone who has been.
Read →Subhead:Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill introduces Bill 73 in Regina today, a provincial MAID bill the throne speech says would “prohibit the use of MAID for certain individuals.”# Saskatchewan is tabling its own medical assistance in dying bill today, and I’m watching it closely. I was born in Saskatchewan, and this is the sort of thing I’d have expected to come out of Ottawa, not Regina.
Read →Meghan Schrader By Meghan Schrader Meghan is a disability activists and a member of the EPC-USA board. I am commenting on the story of Arnaud Denis, an award-winning French actor and director who died by euthanasia in September, 2026.
Read →During a debate on Bill C-41, a Liberal MP admitted that she envisions a Canada where suicide-on-demand is available to anyone – regardless of the circumstances. Bill C-41 is the Carney government’s proposed legislation to ban euthanasia for mental illness while simultaneously legalizing “advance directives,” which would allow Canadians to pre-approve their death by lethal [...] The post Liberals want a Canada where anyone can die by assisted suicide first appeared on The Bridgehead .
Read →Pope Leo XIV landed November 6 in Uruguay, Latin America’s most secular country, and used his first address to challenge the nation’s political leadership on abortion, euthanasia, and suicide. The post Pope Leo’s challenge to secular Uruguay appeared first on The Catholic Thing .
Read →Some said they felt 'abandoned' by the country they served for years, as one claimed a nurse had 'bragged' to him about how many people they had euthanised.
Read →Just 8 months after the law was passed, the territory was on track to have the highest percentage of assisted deaths in the first year since enactment.
Read →Pope Leo XIV landed Nov. 6 in Uruguay, Latin America's most secular country, and used his first address to challenge the nation's political leadership on abortion, euthanasia and a suicide rate that remains among the highest in the Americas.
Read →Conservative MP Bob Zimmer said a nurse offered his dying father euthanasia without his asking while they were waiting for clearance to take him home.
Read →Much has been written about how euthanasia in Canada has been used as a cost-saving method because it’s cheaper for the government to offer assisted dying than healthcare to disabled people. Canada has government-run healthcare, and the Canadian government seeks to save money by withholding care to chronically ill people, leaving many to consider euthanasia […] The post Patients Denied Medical Care, Offered Assisted Suicide Instead appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On November 4, Members of Parliament debated Bill C-41 that is falsely titled the: Medical Assistance in Dying Safeguards Act . Article: The Canadian government introduces Bill C-41 to expand euthanasia law ( Link ).
Read →Subhead:Four years after an employee suggested assisted suicide to multiple veterans, the department says it tracks every veteran-initiated MAID discussion but hasn't disclosed how many have occurred.# Veterans Affairs Canada says it hasn't heard of a single case of its staff suggesting assisted suicide to a veteran in more than four years. But it also admits veterans are still bringing up medical assistance in dying, or MAID, with its staff.
Read →The number of people who have died by euthanasia or assisted suicide in Queensland increased for 2025–2026 to a record 1,082 – a 36% rise since the first year after legalization.
Read →The programme was discussing the latest push to legalise euthanasia/assisted suicide in Ireland. The post Elma Walsh calls for compassionate care, not Euthanasia, on RTÉ’s Liveline appeared first on Pro Life Campaign .
Read →The staggeringly swift expansion of euthanasia law in Australia continues, as the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has reported its first euthanasia deaths, showing that the territory appears on track to have the highest proportion of assisted deaths in its first year among all jurisdictions in the world with their own assisted death laws. ACT’s assisted […] The post Euthanasia is Out of Control in Australia, Deaths Hit Record High appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →The 'Safeguards Act' would not require that a person to be told what is about to happen before a life is ended after an advance request is made, while MP Leslyn Lewis argued that the only one to make that decision should be 'the patient.'
Read →The swift expansion of euthanasia law in Australia continues as the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has reported its first euthanasia deaths, showing that the territory appears on track to have the highest proportion of assisted deaths in its first year among all jurisdictions in the world with their own assisted death laws. ACT’s assisted death […]
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I have been travelling and speaking over the past few weeks and had the opportunity to speak to a lot of people about euthanasia and assisted suicide. This week I have had events in British Columbia and last week I was in Ontario and Saskatchewan, while the week before that I was in Michigan.
Read →The following is the statement of the Orthodox Church in America on Euthanasia and assisted suicide. ( Link to the Statement ).
Read →Campaign Life Coalition calls on Parliament to split Bill C-41 and reject its provisions permitting euthanasia of persons who cannot consent at the time of death.
Read →A New Zealand doctor carried out euthanasia using expired lethal drugs prescribed for another patient, before the legally required compliance review had been completed, official documents obtained by Voice For Life reveal.
Read →A recent Leger poll of 1510 randomly selected Canadians found, among other things, that 11% of Canadians knew someone who was offered (MAiD) euthanasia. The question was one of 11 questions.
Read →Calls have been made for an inquiry into Queensland’s ‘assisted dying’ laws after new figures for the most recent quarter showed numbers continued to increase. The release of the data comes after full-year figures revealed that assisted deaths accounted for approximately 3% of all deaths in Queensland in 2025-26.
Read →Subhead:Conservative MP Bob Zimmer says his dying father asked to spend his final days at home. Instead, he was offered euthanasia he never asked for, and a new poll suggests his family is far from alone.# A Conservative MP from B.C.
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