New Organisation started in India
“IM Euthanasia India” announced their formation. The organisation will be dedicating their efforts to change the premises in the Indian legal system for a ‘Right
December 2, 2018
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Film Stop the Horror (Go Gentle Australia) produced in support of Victoria campaign
Go Gentle Australia has produced and spread the film Stop the Horror, the true story of Greg Sims last days, dying in a horrifying way
September 24, 2017
West Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society (WAVES) changes name
The West Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society (Inc) (WAVES) has changed its name to DYING WITH DIGNITY WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Inc) (DWDWA). Our email contact is now
November 1, 2016
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Sergio Zorrilla, a philosopher specializing in bioethics on the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Santiago, said about persistent vegetative states, that of 20,000 people who have been in this state, maybe two will wake up, and they do not return to normal at all.”It makes no sense to prolong the suffering and the act of dying,” he argued, “because it not only hurts the person who is dying, but all of the patient’s loved ones as well. It makes no sense to prolong the agony when medicine can cure and heal other patients.
August 21, 1970