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Having the option of an assisted death “takes the fear out of the dying process” for terminally ill patients, a US medic says. Dr Ryan Spielvogel has supported patients through the process since it was legalised in California in June 2016, and visited the UK last week to share his experience with MPs in Westminster […]
France beat Italy in Milan by 1-3 to finish top of League A Group 2 in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday, with Adrien Rabiot scoring twice to book-end the contest, both times assisted by Lucas Digne. The Aston Villa left-back was also involved in France’s second goal, given as an own-goal by Italy goalkeeper […]
Kim Leadbeater criticises Streeting over assisted dying bill comments, implying he’s ignoring ministerial neutrality policy Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP who has tabled the private member’s bill on assisted dying that will be debated two weeks tomorrow, has said she is “disappointed” by Wes Streeting, the health secretary, saying the new law could cut funding […]
A B.C. judge took the extraordinary measure of preventing a woman’s medically assisted death, issuing an 11th-hour court order to halt the procedure, according to documents filed over the weekend. The injunction, signed by Justice Simon R. Coval, is the first of its kind issued in the province and was issued on Saturday, […]
Article content OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says the federal government will launch consultations this fall about expanding the medical assistance in dying regime to include advanced requests, and will not launch any legal action to challenge the Quebec law that will authorize such advance requests as of Wednesday. But Holland said such requests […]