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Tag: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

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Belgium Acquits Three Doctors in Landmark Euthanasia Case

January 31, 2020ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Belgium Acquits Three Doctors in Landmark Euthanasia Case

It was the first time doctors were prosecuted after having administered euthanasia, in the case of a 38-year-old woman who died in 2010.

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New Zealand Is Tackling Hot-Button Liberal Issues in One Swoop

November 26, 2019CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAYComments Off on New Zealand Is Tackling Hot-Button Liberal Issues in One Swoop

The country will decide whether to legalize assisted suicide and recreational marijuana, and whether to decriminalize abortion. Conflict-averse New Zealanders may be pushed onto uncomfortable ground.

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Dutch Court Clears Doctor in Euthanasia of Dementia Patient

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019PALKO KARASZComments Off on Dutch Court Clears Doctor in Euthanasia of Dementia Patient

Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, but prosecutors said they had filed charges in an effort to clarify ambiguities in the law.

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Vincent Lambert, Frenchman at Center of Right-to-Die Case, Dies at 42

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019AURELIEN BREEDENComments Off on Vincent Lambert, Frenchman at Center of Right-to-Die Case, Dies at 42

Mr. Lambert, a nurse who was left in a vegetative state after a 2008 accident, had been taken off life support. The case bitterly divided his family.

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Dutch Teenager’s Death Sets Off Debate, and Media Corrections

June 6, 2019ILIANA MAGRAComments Off on Dutch Teenager’s Death Sets Off Debate, and Media Corrections

The Dutch case of Noa Pothoven, 17, who had written about being a rape victim and her experience with mental illness, ricocheted around the globe. But initial stories got it wrong.

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A Death on Video Makes Euthanasia Spain’s Issue of the Moment

April 5, 2019RAPHAEL MINDERComments Off on A Death on Video Makes Euthanasia Spain’s Issue of the Moment

With an election approaching, Spain’s prime minister promised to legalize euthanasia after watching footage of a husband helping his wife kill herself.

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