International
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732Forensic doctor claims first person to die in Sarco suicide pod had ‘serious neck injuries’
Reports have claimed that the first person to use the Sarco suicide pod in Switzerland was found inside the machine with strangulation...
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544UK medical experts warn ‘terminal’ diagnosis is poor standard for legalizing assisted suicide
As lawmakers in the UK consider a bill that would legalize assisted suicide, some medical experts have been speaking out in opposition,...
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644Welsh Assembly holds ‘historic’ vote opposing assisted suicide as UK Parliament considers bill
The Welsh Assembly, known as the Senedd, has voted 26 to 19 to oppose the updating of laws surrounding doctor-induced death by...
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1.2KDisabled Canadian woman says she was offered death, both before and after cancer surgery
A grandmother from Novia Scotia, a province in Canada, was about to be taken to the operating room for a mastectomy when...
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1.0KManhunt ensues as premature baby is kidnapped from hospital in France
Authorities in France have launched a manhunt after a 14-day-old premature baby boy named Santiago was taken from a maternity ward in...
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1.6KCourt issues ‘shock ruling’ against UK military vet who prayed silently in abortion buffer zone
In what his attorneys are calling a “shock ruling,” United Kingdom military veteran and father, Adam Smith-Connor, was found guilty last week...
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1.0KOntario euthanasia report gives startling insight into Canada’s ‘assisted dying’ problem
The Ontario chief coroner released a three–part report regarding “Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)” in the province last week, after a committee...
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2.7KCanadian vet and Paralympian: I’d be approved for ‘assisted dying’ faster than getting real assistance
Christine Gauthier, a 54-year-old Canadian army veteran and Paralympian, says the Canadian government would quickly approve her for so-called “medical assistance in...
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1.4KNational Council for Adoption pleads with State Department to finalize adoptions of Chinese orphans
Following the announcement that China will no longer allow international adoptions, Ryan Hanlon, President and CEO of the National Council for Adoption,...
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1.0KIndia’s High Court rules parents can have dead son’s sperm for IVF
India’s High Court recently ruled that a deceased man’s parents may use his preserved sperm for reproductive purposes, according to the BBC. ...
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782Suicide kit distributor contests murder charges in Canada’s high court
A man who has been charged with selling “suicide kits” online, leading to the deaths of a number of people, has asked...
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691UK Parliament set to officially consider assisted dying bill as opponents issue warnings
Labour Member of Parliament Kim Leadbeater has announced she will propose a bill on October 16 which would legalize assisted dying in...
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1.0KElderly South Korean mother sues government for sending daughter overseas for adoption
In 1976, four-year-old Shin Gyeong-ha (now Laurie Bender) was lured away by a stranger near her home in Cheongju, South Korea. The...
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2.7K‘Instant connection’: Australian mom wakes from coma and meets her newborn baby
An Australian mom who came down with influenza while pregnant was placed in a medically-induced coma, and her baby girl was delivered...
