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Right-to-die debate resurfaces
Zurich :: Switzerland | 27 days ago
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The Globe and Mail Last updated Thursday, Apr. 25 2013, 6:19 AM EDT Michael Goodman holds a photo of his mother in his mother's bedroom at home in Vancouver February 22, 2013. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail) Behind every death there's the narrative
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B.C. mother continues daughter Gloria Taylor's fight to legalize assisted suicide
Als :: Denmark | 3 months ago
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Anna Fomenoff had seen death up close and seen death take away what was worthwhile in living. But she wasn't prepared for the worst day of her life when her daughter Gloria Taylor phoned her to tell her that she was going to die of an incurable
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Quebec panel recommends allowing physician-assisted suicide
Quebec :: Canada | 4 months ago
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A panel of legal experts in Quebec is recommending that people suffering from an incurable or degenerative illness be allowed to ask for medical assistance to help them die. However, the panel says the final decision should be left up to doctors.
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Taking The Pulse: Majority support assisted suicide
Saskatoon :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Their research found that 56 per cent of Saskatchewan residents surveyed believe they should have the option of doctor-assisted suicide when the end is nigh. On April 21, 1998, Stanley Walter Tiffin died in his sleep at the age of 89. Less than two
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‘What I fear is a death that negates, as opposed to concludes, my life,' assisted-suicide activist says
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
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Sunny Dhillon Vancouver The Globe and Mail Published Saturday, Jun. 16 2012, 12:39 PM EDT Last updated Saturday, Jun. 16 2012, 12:50 PM EDT Gloria Taylor says she'll know when it's time to end her life...Taylor on Friday became the only person in
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B.C. Supreme Court to rule on assisted-suicide challenge
Als :: Denmark | 11 months ago
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Civil Liberties Association is leading the charge for the group, including Gloria Taylor, who wants the court to strike down the law that bans such suicides as her health fades because of Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS. Grace Pastine, the association's
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Euthanasia supporters, critics in Canada look to Dutch for evidence
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Six "mobile euthanasia units" will become available in the Netherlands, starting March 1, to zip around this tiny and remarkably liberal country to help Dutch citizens facing an "unbearable" and "hopeless" medical situation die in their homes. A
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Haunting right-to-die case weighs on judges’ minds, 18 years on
Calgary :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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Jack Major can still see the silent ranks of disabled people, their wheelchairs ringing the Supreme Court of Canada as a courtroom full of lawyers debated the assisted suicide law in 1993. It was a haunting type of case, said Mr. Major, who was the
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Government lawyer draws line between euthanasia and war
Victoria :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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If the state doesn't condone the taking of human life, then why does it send men and women off to war? That issue was raised by British Columbia Supreme Court Judge Lynn Smith on Thursday as she prompted Department of Justice lawyer Donnaree Nygard
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Right-to-die laws don’t lead to rise in assisted deaths, experts say
Brussels :: Belgium | over 1 year ago
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Jurisdictions that pass laws making euthanasia or physician-assisted dying legal do not experience any significant increase in assisted deaths, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has heard. And there are no data to suggest vulnerable groups the
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