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Slices | May 21, 2013

Vermont Passes Assisted Suicide Law

Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed a bill that makes Vermont the fourth state where physician assisted suicide is now legal. The state’s Health Department now must implement rules as to how the procedure can legally take place, but according to the bill, a patient must state three times that they would like a doctor to help them take their own life. The bill has been the source of a years-long legal battle and ethical debate in Vermont. Assisted suicide is opposed by many religious and pro-life groups across the country … Discuss

 

Slices | February 8, 2013

Report: 6 States Considering Assisted Suicide Bills

According to a new Associated Press report, at least six states are considering bills that would make physician-assisted suicide legal. Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, Kansas, Hawaii and Massachusetts all reportedly could be pursuing bills to legalize the procedure … Discuss

 

Slices | August 21, 2012

Court Rules That Locked-In Syndrome Sufferer Does Not Have Right to Die

Tony Nicklinson, a 57-year-old UK resident who suffered a debilitating stroke in 2005 that left him with only the use of his eyeballs, has lost the legal battle to end his life. Nicklinson who can communicate with the outside world via a computer program, has said that his life is "dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified, and intolerable" and has been seeking legal protection for any health care professional who agrees to terminate his life. UK's High Court refused him yesterday, saying that "It is not for the court to decide whether the law on assisted dying should be changed and, if so, what safeguards should be put in place. Under our system of government these are matters for Parliament to decide... not for the court on the facts of an individual case or cases." Nicklinson is expected to appeal ... Discuss