UK discussed Assisted Dying bill
On Friday 22 October, the UK House of Lords discussed the Assisted Dying Bill introduced earlier this year. After a Second Reading debate, the bill
October 22, 2021
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Report on access to palliative care
On October 8, the day before World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and the International Children’s Palliative Care Network
October 8, 2021
British Medical Journal speaks out pro assisted dying
This September, the editors of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published an article in which they supported the opportunity of “voluntary assisted dying”. In a
October 3, 2021
UK Poll: 72% support for assisted dying for terminally ill adults
72% of people would support an assisted dying law for those who are coming to the end of their lives and are of sound mind.
September 23, 2021
Canberrans want federal ban overturned
An Australia Institute poll shows that 75% of Canberrans (including 50% among Liberal voters) want the federal ban on the ACT making VAD laws overturned,
September 20, 2021
BMA changed its stance on assisted dying to ‘neutral’
The British Medical Association (BMA), the lead group for doctors in the United Kingdom, no longer opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide. After a vote at
September 15, 2021
Issues on end of life treatments scheduled to European Commission
On the 22nd of July, the Dutch Member of European Parliament Sophie In’t’veld (Renew Europe) sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Health Kyriakides. The
September 1, 2021
Enough signatures collected for Italian referendum!
On Monday August 16, the Luca Coscioni Association managed to collect the 500.000 signatures needed for a referendum on the legalization of euthanasia. Since the
August 16, 2021