Institutional conscientious objection may sound like an arcane bioethical issue, but it will be at the centre of fierce political debates in coming years. As more and more jurisdictions legalise procedures like abortion and euthanasia, some hospitals and clinics, mostly Catholic, will refuse to provide facilities. Governments will try to force them to participate –Continue reading “Is there a case for ’institutional conscientious objection’ to abortion and euthanasia?”
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A law on preventing suicide
The members of the Bundestag seriously and emotionally debated a possible new regulation of euthanasia in Germany.
Don’t prisoners deserve ‘assisted dying’, too?
Should prisoners be allowed to access assisted suicide? Whereas the ethical and legal issues regarding assisted suicide have now been extensively discussed in the literature, surprisingly scarce attention has been given to the pressing issue of inmates requesting assistance in dying. If assisted suicide is legal, it seems obvious that there should be equality ofContinue reading “Don’t prisoners deserve ‘assisted dying’, too?”
Brain damage and dementia perhaps not glamorous enough to allow patients to live
In reply to Vincent Lambert died on Thursday at 8.24am Are brain damage and dementia not glamorous enough to allow patients to live, because the intellectual impairment really does make all of us uneasy about our own stupidity? In a collective opinion page on April 18, 70 “doctors and professionals specialized in the care ofContinue reading “Brain damage and dementia perhaps not glamorous enough to allow patients to live”
The Vatican really doesn’t want Belgian Catholics to perform euthanasia
In May the Broeders van Liefde (Brothers of Charity) in Boechout by Antwerp, announced it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia at its 15 psychiatric hospitals in Belgium, one of only two countries — along with the Netherlands — where doctors are legally allowed to kill people with mental health problems, at their request. InContinue reading “The Vatican really doesn’t want Belgian Catholics to perform euthanasia”
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