Arguments about public policy are funny things. Consider the debate about whether active voluntary or non-voluntary euthanasia ought to be legalised. By voluntary euthanasia I mean euthanasia with the ...

Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since mid-2002, and in the past two decades, the number of reported cases has risen sharply. In 2003, only 236 cases were recorded, but by 2023, this had increased ...

The discussion about the decriminalization of euthanasia in Ecuador started Nov. 20 when the country’s constitutional court began to evaluate the arguments for and against the request of a woman with ...

The issue of active euthanasia has long been very controversial, with strong arguments both for and against it. Now, however, ...

IT SEEMS inconceivable that in a happier world of the future no provision should be made for putting out of their misery persons suffering from an excessively painful and incurable disease. We shall ...

A study of doctor-assisted suicide in the Netherlands and Oregon counters the argument that making it legal may lead to more of these deaths among vulnerable groups like the disabled, although it did ...

MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. Almost one out of two (49%) Russians believe that terminally ill patients should be legally allowed to end their lives in Russia, a survey conducted by the Russian Public ...

This week New Zealand’s parliamentarians will vote on the third reading of the End of Life Choice Bill. Much public discussion on the merits of euthanasia has centred around the role of the medical ...