
Peru: Ana Estrada sets legal precedent
Psychologist and advocate for assisted dying received Supreme Court approval
Psychologist and advocate for assisted dying received Supreme Court approval
In 63% of cases cancer was the terminal condition reported.
Access would only be for incurable illness and excludes psychiatric conditions
Oikeus petition has raised sufficient signatures to force parliament to consider legislation.
Personal experience with suffering patients leads him to support discussing legislation for terminal cases.
Psychiatrists increasingly open to euthanasia.
Between 2003-2023 there was a 9% year increase in UK residents travelling to Switzerland to have assisted dying.
“Overwhelming majority of the public support a change in the law”
Pan-European effort to reinforce the right to end of life decisions and civil liberties.
Of those seeking prescriptions, 66% were cancer patients, 11% suffered neurological disease and 10% heart disease.
This is the second time Pierre Beck is acquitted.
While voters and the coalition government are in favour, doctors are fiercely opposed.