The government in India’s Punjab state is investigating the possible involvement of state officials in setting up illegal clinics and ultrasound centres accused of female foeticide. more

A lung cancer patient who won a High Court battle to be given a drug to prolong his life has died just hours after receiving the news. more

Jack Kevorkian, whose failing health may deny him a chance to be paroled, said he still believes in assisted suicide but would not choose it for himself. more

A law change allowing patients to make „living wills“ could leave doctors open to accusations of euthanasia, two Belfast anaesthetists have said. more

A woman who claimed she helped her terminally ill aunt die in a so-called „mercy killing“ faces charges of wasting police time, it has emerged. more

A man left paralysed after a racist attack in Germany says he is arranging for help to end his life. more

A mother seeking damages from a health authority has claimed doctors breached a „warranty“ by failing to abort one of her twins. more

A former professor of medical ethics has called for all forms of euthanasia to be legalised. more

I’m not against people with terminal illnesses having help, but there should be a form of legislation brought in.“ more

The group Dignitas, which has attracted controversy since it began to offer assisted suicide eight years ago, uses a flat in a building on the outskirts of Zurich. More than 40 British patients have ended their lives in the flat, … Tęsti skaitymą →