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It is just under a year and a half ago that I found myself writing a piece called ‘A Black Friday’.
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Recent opinion pieces
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Dan Wells
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James Mildred
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German Parliament rejects assisted suicide proposalsFresh assisted suicide proposals have been voted down, twice, by the German Parliament, where politicians rejected two bids to create wide-ranging legal frameworks to allow assisted suicide.
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Canadian army-veterans diagnosed with PTSD offered euthanasiaCanadian veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD as a result of serving in Afghanistan have been offered assisted suicide as a cure for their mental health problems.
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UK must not follow Canada in 'aggressive' assisted suicide legislationLast week, MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee heard from experts on assisted suicide. They looked at the way in which parameters have loosened in places such as Canada, which…
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Press Releases
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Scotland: faith leaders unite in opposition to assisted suicide bill
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Disability campaigners challenge California assisted suicide law
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Canadian man supplied poison to suicidal young people in UKAn undercover investigation by The Times newspaper exposes a Canadian chef who supplied poison to suicidal people in the UK.
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Euthanasia to include children of all ages in NetherlandsThe Netherlands has extended its euthanasia regulations, making it possible for doctors to assist the death of terminally ill children under 12 who are suffering “unbearably and without hope”.
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Assisted Suicide moves a step closer in France despite opposition from doctorsPresident Macron has instructed the French government to explore whether assisted suicide or euthanasia should be legalised in France.
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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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Calls to euthanise babies and children in Canada, as government considers wider lawAuthorities in Canada face calls for euthanasia of newborn babies and children, following a rapid expansion of legislation in the country.
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Canadian MPs want assisted suicide for children without parental consent
A committee of Canada's parliament has called for the country's assisted suicide and euthanasia programme to be extended to "mature minors".
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