Bioethics

“Canada is considering a bill that would allow individuals to sign a waiver that would remove ‘final consent’ for assisted suicide … in which a physician or nurse practitioner carries out the death by chemical injection.” - CPost

“Voters in Kentucky and Montana will cast ballots on pro-life measures, while citizens of California, Michigan and Vermont will determine the fate of proposed constitutional amendments that would protect abortion rights” - BPNews

“Earlier this year, the then-23-year-old chose to commit suicide through euthanasia….Though she did not sustain any physical injuries, the trauma of the Brussels terror attack event proved too emotionally difficult” - C.Post

“Here’s what I’ve learned as a Christian doctor receiving requests for physician-assisted dying.” - C.Today

“The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled in May that the fetuses lacked legal standing, and by refusing to take up the case, the U.S. Supreme Court allows the lower court ruling to remain in place.” - RNS

“The procedure under section 8 of the Euthanasia Act did not prevent the doctor who performed the euthanasia from sitting on the Board and voting on whether his or her own acts were compatible with the substantive and procedural requirements of domestic law” - C.Post

“At least 66 clinics in 15 states have stopped providing abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute” - C.Index

“The bill stipulates that no funding should be budgeted or expended for the benefit of any facility owned by OU that performs gender-transition treatment on children under the age of 18.” - National Review

“The judge lifted a decades-old injunction that blocked enforcement of the law on the books since before Arizona became a state. The only exemption to the ban is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.” - C.Index

“The 19,000-member Christian Medical & Dental Associations and Dr. Leslee Cochrane sued California over a bill that they say removed conscience protections for medical professionals morally opposed to any form of participation with assisted suicide.” - CPost