Tag: physician-assisted suicide
Delaware physician-assisted suicide law ‘will create a separate and unequal system,’...
A group of national and Delaware-based disability and patient advocacy organizations joined a lawsuit that asks a federal judge to declare the state’s physician-assisted...
‘A dark day’ as New York Senate ushers in ‘a dangerous...
The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked "a dark day"...
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan urges rejection of legislation that would legalize...
NEW YORK -- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York urged Empire State lawmakers to reject legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.
The New York...
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer falls in line with fellow Democrats, legalizes...
Governor Matt Meyer on May 20 signed House Bill 140, the physician-assisted suicide law which will allow Delaware adult residents who are deemed terminally...
Catholic Bishops oppose New York Assembly’s passed bill to legalize physician-assisted...
The New York Assembly April 29 passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, despite strong opposition from the state's Catholic bishops.
The...
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has last chance to side with ‘every...
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has the last chance to turn back physician-assisted suicide in the state after 11 Senate Democrats formed a narrow majority...
Hockessin physician Dr. Michael T. Vest on assisted suicide: ‘It is...
By Dr. Michael T. Vest
In jurisdictions where it is legal, the option of ending one’s life through lethal drugs will always be the cheapest...
Physician-assisted suicide sends wrong message to those who are most vulnerable...
By Ellen Barrosse
As the Delaware legislature debates HB140, a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the discussion typically centers on individual autonomy and end-of-life dignity....
Delaware’s physician-assisted suicide legislation moves to full senate: ‘Unscrupulous family members...
House Bill 140, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide in Delaware, will be considered by the full senate after the Senate Executive Committee advanced the...
Ten years after ‘six months to live’ diagnosis, survivor Stephanie Packer...
Stephanie Packer was told in 2012 that she had three years to live. So far, the doctors that made that prognosis are off by...