“Maine House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Rejects Assisted Suicide Bill”
Read a June 4, 2013, Christian News Network story about Maine’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejecting a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Category: Death
“For Belgium’s Tormented Souls, Euthanasia-Made-Easy Beckons”
Read a June 14, 2013, Wall Street Journal story about proposed changes to Belgium’s euthanasia law to make it more widely available, potentially even to gravely ill teenagers.
“Assisted suicide prescriptions up 17% in Washington state”
Read a June 23, 2013, story by BioEdge.org that says assisted-suicide prescriptions in Washington state were up 17 percent in 2012 compared with 2011.
“France aims to legalise euthanasia despite ethics committee’s doubts”
Read a July 1, 2013, Reuters blog post about the debate in France over whether to legalize voluntary euthanasia.
“Mandela’s Kin Face Gray Area on End of Life”
Read a July 11, 2013, New York Times story about the possibility that Nelson Mandela’s family is facing thorny issues regarding his end-of-life care.
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“Remembering Paul Kurtz”
Read an Oct. 23, 2012, Washington Post Guest Voices column about Kurtz by Herb Silverman, founder and president of the Secular Coalition for America.
“Humanists mourn death of Paul Kurtz”
Read the obituary posted by the American Humanist Association.