Euthanasia

Do We Have the Right to Die?

Posted on September 16, 2016 by MAMcIntosh

By Azriel ReShel / 09.16.2016 Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide – Caring or Careless? I remember my first real encounter with death. It happened when I was aged six, at my childhood seaside home, when my exquisite black cat, Tab, was run over by a friend’s car. My father picked her up and took her[…]

California Law Now in Effect Giving Patients Right to End-of-Life Option

Posted on June 10, 2016 by MAMcIntosh

California is the fifth state to legalize aid in dying. Hands image via www.shutterstock.com. By David Orentlicher, J.D. Professor of Law Indiana University Twenty years ago, no one in the United States could claim a right to “physician aid in dying” (also called “physician-assisted suicide”). Today, more than 52 million Americans can. On June 9,[…]