Patients with terminal illness are being heavily sedated by doctors before their deaths in a form of “slow euthanasia”, research suggests. A poll of nearly 3,000 doctors found that almost one in five had administered infusions of drugs to keep … Tęsti skaitymą →

A terminally-ill Bristol woman who had begun a legal fight to force doctors to let her die has withdrawn her case. She feels she has been forced to withdraw her case by the defendants and wishes to express how distressed … Tęsti skaitymą →

The woman and tens of thousands like her who undergo illegal abortions in Mexico each year are at the nexus of a furious cultural debate gripping this nation, which allows abortion only in limited cases, including rape and when the … Tęsti skaitymą →

Texas’s six-year-old „futile-care“ law is one of two in the country that allow a hospital’s ethics committee to declare the care of a terminally ill patient to be of no benefit and to discontinue care within a certain time frame. … Tęsti skaitymą →

The role of nursing is being extended and there is no reason why, with the correct training, nurses cannot carry out surgical abortions. „The pro-abortion lobby claim that so-called safe, legal abortion was necessary to safeguard women’s health yet, having … Tęsti skaitymą →

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded a Polish woman 25,000 euros ($33,000) in damages after she was refused an abortion. The 35-year-old mother was refused an abortion despite warnings that having a baby could make her go blind. … Tęsti skaitymą →

A French doctor has been given a one-year suspended jail term for poisoning a terminally ill woman. A French law adopted in 2005 allows families to request that life-support equipment for a terminally ill patient be switched off. more

Eight out of ten of people support a law change to allow doctors to actively end the lives of terminally ill patients who want to die, a poll shows. The report states: „In certain respects the current law that prohibits … Tęsti skaitymą →

Four out of five people in Britain believe the law should allow a doctor to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is in pain if they wish to die. In a finding confirming that British public opinion … Tęsti skaitymą →

Thousands of women in Ghana are seeking dangerous, illegal abortions every year with many ending in death or disability. The criminalisation of abortion along with traditional values, social perceptions and religious teachings have created a crisis in Ghana. more