After long legal battle, Peru confirms woman’s right to euthanasia
LIMA (Reuters) – After a long legal battle in Peru for the right of an assisted death, Ana Estrada said she now feels free to
July 15, 2022
Medical aid in dying gaining more acceptance in Hawaii, report finds
A growing number of patients and physicians are participating in Hawaii’s medical-aid-in-dying program, but delays in the eligibility process continue to present challenges for terminally
July 15, 2022
COMMON DECENCY | Compassion, not ideology, for assisted dying
A recent survey revealed that the majority of people believe in a controlled, supervised, and extremely limited form of assisted dying for those who are
July 15, 2022
Spanish officials: Euthanasia, which has claimed 180 lives, has made country more ‘decent’
Spain’s Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, made an announcement last week that 180 people have died by euthanasia since the country legalized the practice one
July 7, 2022
Alito’s Telling Approach to Substantive Due Process
In May we saw the lightning flash, a leaked draft opinion showing that a majority of the Supreme Court stood ready to overrule Roe v.
July 7, 2022
July 6, 2022
Medical aid in dying is still called ‘assisted suicide’; an anthropologist explains the problem with that
Several states around the U.S. are currently considering whether to legalize medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. More than 20% of Americans already
July 6, 2022
Abortion ruling by Supreme Court sparks closer scrutiny of substantive due process
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week overruling landmark decisions on abortion rights set off legal, political and social earthquakes. Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion
June 30, 2022
Paralyzed man dies in Italy’s first case of assisted suicide
Twelve years ago, 44-year-old Federico Carboni was paralyzed following a car crash. This week, he died in Italy’s first case of assisted suicide after self-administering
June 24, 2022
Denying Patients Physician-Assisted Suicide Is a Civil Rights Issue
Maia Calloway welcomes me into her home in Taos, New Mexico. It’s a warm and calming space surrounded by high desert. Calloway was first diagnosed
June 23, 2022
