“The legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide could be the beginning of a “slippery slope” that facilitates euthanasia practices, not only in terminal patients.” In countries where euthanasia and assisted suicide have been legalized certain — usually stringent —, conditions [...]

 News recently published has reported the existence of a protocol for sedation and harvesting organs for donation in patients diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -a neurological disease that mainly involves neurons responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movement –  in [...]

“Palliative care professionals 7% in favor and 70% against” We have published 6 months ago an article reporting that the Royal College of General Physicians is opposed to changing the law. Now a survey by the British Medical Association, published [...]

Last March, the Bioethics Observatory at the Catholic University of Valencia drew up a document entitled, “Euthanasia comes to Spain. Medical, legal and social reflection”, in which we synthetically evaluated the possible legalization of euthanasia in Spain following a bill [...]

Belgium already has 18 years of experience with euthanasia, and hard figures indicate that, with its legalization, the number of euthanasia deaths has increased from 24 in 2002 to 2655 in 2019. This means that, in these 18 years, euthanasia [...]

Both euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal under English law (read HERE) as most countries. In this respect, NHS web, says “Assisted suicide is illegal under the terms of the Suicide Act (1961) and is punishable by up to 14 [...]

The December 2019 issue of Bioethics News includes a report on the possibility of obtaining organs for transplantation from still-living persons. It particularly refers to the fact that people who wish to commit suicide may volunteer to have their organs [...]

The Bioethics Observatory of the Catholic University of Valencia has drawn up a document entitled, “Euthanasia comes to Spain. Medical, legal and social reflection”, in which we synthetically evaluate the possible legalization of euthanasia in Spain following a bill proposed [...]

The Netherlands wants to open a euthanasia center for children under the age of 12 years. Professor of pediatrics Eduard Verhagen has proposed the creation of a special center to be able to apply euthanasia to children, and hopes that [...]

Is it a case or a trend? Are patients diagnosed with incurable mental disorder being left starving in some countries? Noa Pothoven, a Dutch 17-year-old, was left to die of starvation on 2 June. The teenager had suffered post-traumatic stress, [...]

A new ruling of the French Court of cassation ruled that the hospital in Reims, northeastern France, could, now, stop feeding and hydration that have kept Lambert alive since a motorcycle accident in 2008. A clear case of violation of [...]

“1,300 complaints alleging discrimination in a health care setting on account of religious beliefs or conscience issues” (NHS official data) “Just today we finalized new protections of conscience rights for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, teachers, students and faith-based charities,” Trump said [...]