Not Dead Yet

From Canada: "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."

B.C. judge halts woman's medically assisted death 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.

A terminally ill [Australian] man who has spent an agonizing 10 months waiting for at-home care has told 7NEWS he has lost hope and has made the heart-wrenching decision to end his own life.

South Australian man chooses peaceful death over in-home aged care help wait | 7NEWS A terminally ill Fleurieu man who has spent an agonizing 10 months waiting for at-home care has told 7NEWS he has lost hope and has made the heart-wrenching ...

Not Dead Yet UK (NDY UK), a grassroots group of disabled activists who campaign against legalisation, said laws introduced in other countries have started with “relatively strict parameters” but then “expand and expand”.
Phil Friend, co-convenor of NDY UK, said: “While we are assured there will be ‘safeguards’, in reality these safeguards are virtually impossible to implement effectively.

Disabled people’s organisations unite to oppose assisted su***de bill that has ‘far-reaching implications’ Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) from across England and Wales have united to warn of the grave risks of proposed new legislation that would allow assisted su***de for people with a terminal …

Ontario Coroner: People euthanized with nonterminal conditions were “more likely to live in neighborhoods where there’s higher levels of residential instability, higher material deprivation and greater dependency on government support.”

Private forums show Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, grieving widows. Each euthanasia request sparked debate among Canadian doctors and nurses struggling with the ethics of one of the most permissive laws globally on the practice.