Tag: euthanasia
End of life: the Academy of Medicine in favor of assisted suicide, not euthanasia
It was a long-awaited opinion for the executive, in full preparation of its future bill on the end of life. The National Academy of Medicine has come out in favor…
Portugal votes yes to euthanasia
The long-standing debate over allowing euthanasia has divided the deeply Catholic country and the proposal has faced strong opposition from conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, among others. Portuguese only…
In Spain, the debate on euthanasia intensifies
It is too early to assess its impact. The law regulating euthanasia, which will soon celebrate its two years in Spain, continues to divide right and left. And this, while…
The Netherlands allows euthanasia for children under 12
News Published on 04/17/2023 at 5:28 p.m. Updated 04/17/2023 at 5:28 p.m. Reading 3 mins. Friday, April 14, the Dutch Minister of Health announced to open euthanasia to minors under…
The Netherlands is also allowing euthanasia for children under 12 years old
The decision has been debated in the Netherlands for many years. In Belgium, euthanasia of young children is already allowed. In the Netherlands, the government decided on Friday to allow…
euthanasia and assisted suicide soon possible in France? What the law says
The citizens’ convention on the end of life supports the “opening of active help to open” and in response the Head of State has promised a bill to review the…
“Grandma will die on June 23”: relatives facing euthanasia or assisted suicide
Not really taboo, but passed over in silence. Just one of those things we don’t talk about. On April 2, the citizens’ convention on the end of life will submit…
End of life: the delicate question of euthanasia for Alzheimer’s or Charcot’s disease
For Nathalie, this is a decision with serious consequences. Must the vital prognosis of a patient be necessarily committed to authorize him a possible access to euthanasia or assisted suicide?…
Euthanasia, assisted suicide… What are the differences?
Both euthanasia and assisted suicide are procedures that are supposed to allow sick people to put an end to their suffering for good. What are the particularities of these practices,…
End of life: the citizens’ convention comes out in favor of access to assisted suicide and euthanasia
News Published on 02/20/2023 at 1:10 p.m. Updated 02/20/2023 at 1:10 p.m. Reading 2 mins. This Sunday, February 19, the citizens’ convention on the end of life came out in…