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Peers warn against legal assisted suicideAssisted suicide would devastate palliative care and expose vulnerable people to extreme risks, peers have warned.
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US campaigners oppose assisted suicide safeguards on telemedicine consultationsUS campaigners are opposing new measures on dispensing dangerous drugs that would add safeguards to assisted suicide laws.
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Scottish Labour leader not convinced by assisted suicideScotland's Labour leader has said he does not "instinctively support" assisted suicide, as Holyrood approaches a debate on new legislation.
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Christian MP speaks out against Assisted Suicide
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Most palliative docs in Scotland would refuse to participate in assisted suicidesThe vast majority of palliative doctors in Scotland would refuse to take part in assisted suicides if the law changes, a survey of medics shows.
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Kirk warns against assisted suicide lawThe Church of Scotland has issued a fresh warning against doctor-assisted suicide, as MSPs are set to consider legislation.
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Canadian doc proud of euthanising 400 people including man who didn't consentA Canadian doctor who has euthanised more than 400 people has said her work is "rewarding" as she revealed that she killed a man who couldn't consent to an 'assisted death'.
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Canadian Government delays Euthanasia expansion for mental illnessThe Federal Government in Canada has admitted it needs more time before expanding Canada’s highly controversial medical assistance in dying (MAID) policy to include mentally ill people.
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Canadian Paralympian offered assisted suicide when asking for a stairliftA Paralympic army veteran has claimed government officials in Canada offered to giver her euthanasia equipment when she was pushing to have a stairlift installed in her home.
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Assisted suicide 'Groundhog Day' as parliamentary inquiry announcedCARE has decried an assisted suicide 'Groundhog Day' following the announcement of a new parliamentary inquiry into the issue.
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Tragic story highlights need for more palliative careTracey Bennett struggled to access night-time care for her dying father and has told the BBC that he ‘shouldn’t have been expected to die in office hours.”
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