The grieving mother of a 26-year-old Canadian man with diabetes who was suffering from mental illness is speaking out about the country’s medical assistance in dying law – or MAiD – which her son used to end his life.
Tag Archives: assisted suicide
NY Catholic Governor to Sign Assisted Suicide Bill
The faithful are being called to contact New York’s Catholic Governor Kathy Hochul to protest her planned signing of a bill allowing assisted suicide in the state.
NY Bishops Condemn Passage of Assisted Suicide Bill
The New York State Catholic Conference is condemning the passage of a bill legalizing assisted suicide in the state and is calling upon Governor Kathy Hochul to veto the bill that is now heading to her desk.
Canadian Health Care Pressures 42-Year-Old to Choose Euthanasia
A young man suffering from a debilitating brain disorder has filed a lawsuit against a Canadian hospital for being unwilling to give him the medical care he needs and instead pressuring him into assisted suicide.
Is it “Death With Dignity” or the Perfect Crime?
In a shocking expose of how California’s assisted suicide law is being implemented, a legal organization describes a so-called “death with dignity” that can only be called murder.
No Takers for Assisted Suicide in DC
A year after D.C. passed its controversial assisted suicide law, not a single patient has used it and almost no doctors have registered to assist patients who want to die.
Hawaii Bishop Speaks Truth to Power
Hawaii State Capitol, Honolulu
Bishop Larry Silva of the Diocese of Honolulu wrote a hard-hitting editorial about the new law legalizing assisted suicide in his state and raises serious questions about how it requires people to lie on death certificates and to insurance companies, how it disregards the eternal consequences of this choice and the guilt it imposes on families, and how it sends a dangerous message to youth that sometimes killing yourself is better than living.
Hawaii Legalizes Assisted Suicide
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Hawaii’s Governor David Ige (D) signed a new law into force that will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives by assisted suicide.
Hawaii on Brink of Passing Assisted Suicide Bill
Two House committees in the Hawaii state legislature voted on Wednesday to legalize medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults, paving the way for a full House vote where it is expected to pass.
Hero Who Fought Assisted Suicide Dies Peacefully
A 36 year-old Marine veteran who was diagnosed with terminal cancer three years ago and became a crusader against assisted suicide, died peacefully in the arms of his family on December 30.
