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Parents approve their suicidal teen daughter's death via starvation
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (744+ words) Dutch parents whose teenage daughter had been diagnosed with so-called "incurable" depression approved her decision to pursue euthanasia, and ultimately, kill herself through voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED). Omar and Cissy Dekker's daughter Iris struggled with depression throughout…...
Man with multiple sclerosis becomes 17th to die from assisted suicide in Italy
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (381+ words) A 55-year-old man with multiple sclerosis has become the 17th person to die from assisted suicide in Italy. The Luca Coscioni Association, which supports assisted suicide, announced that a man named Christian has died from assisted suicide at the age of…...
First person dies under Uruguay's euthanasia law
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (407+ words) One month after a Uruguay bill legalizing euthanasia took effect, a cancer patient has reportedly become the first person to die. A 69-year-old woman has become the first in Uruguay to undergo legal euthanasia. The law allowing euthanasia went into…...
Spanish Evangelicals blast government's push for constitutional 'right' to abortion
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (622+ words) Spanish evangelical leaders have voiced their disapproval of a proposal by the incumbent pro-abortion, socialist government under Pedro S'nchez to make abortion a constitutional 'right,' calling it a grave moral regression that prioritizes death over the protection of the preborn....
South Australian woman's plans to undergo assisted suicide raises alarm
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (789+ words) A South Australian woman suffering from a severe autoimmune disease has announced her plans to undergo assisted suicide, sparking ethical concerns about assisted dying and its expansion beyond terminal illness. Annaliese Holland, age 25, has Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy (AAG) and was…...
Teenage boy in the Netherlands euthanized for being autistic
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (311+ words) A teenager has been euthanized in the Netherlands solely due to an autism diagnosis, and experts are warning of similar dangers in other countries. A Dutch teenager between the ages of 16 and 18 was euthanized less than five years after being…...
Young Spanish woman ends life by euthanasia despite family's pleas
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (928+ words) A 25-year-old Spanish woman, Noelia Castillo Ramos, who was left paralyzed after a failed suicide attempt following a brutal sexual assault, died by euthanasia on March 26, despite the desperate attempts of her parents and others to save her life. Noelia…...
The fertility scandal that sent Pedro Pascal's family fleeing back to Chile
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1016+ words) Actor Pedro Pascal is known for his dramatic roles on screen, but 30 years ago, when he was just 20 years old, his father, Jos" Balmaceda, was caught up in the biggest fertility scandal the United States has ever seen. Pedro Pascal…...
Spain's top court dismisses father's attempt to prevent daughter's euthanasia
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (513+ words) Spain's Constitutional Court has denied a father's appeal to prevent doctors from euthanising his 25yearold daughter. The young woman has sought death by euthanasia since she became paralyzed following a suicide attempt in which she jumped from a fifth-floor window. She…...