LAW

Court rejects Alfie Evans appeal

Xavier Symons | 21 April 2018 | Comments

tags: alfie evans, end of life issues, end-of-life care, law, medical futility, uk

Courts say Alfie Evans should not receive experimental treatment.

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Debate intensifies over Down syndrome abortions

Xavier Symons | 07 April 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, disability, down syndrome, law, us

Political commentators have clashed in the US over down syndrome abortions.

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UK government: Parents should tell their surrogate children about their birth

Xavier Symons | 04 March 2018 | Comments

tags: genetic bewilderment, law, surrogacy, uk

The Department for Health and Social Care have published surrogacy guidelines.

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Thai court grants Japanese man custody of 13 surrogate children

Xavier Symons | 24 February 2018 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, japan, law, surrogacy, thailand

An extraordinary commercial surrogacy court case has come to a close.

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Date set for Ireland’s abortion referendum

Xavier Symons | 24 February 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, catholicism, ireland, law

Ireland will go to the polls on May 25

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ACLU challenges Ohio’s down syndrome abortion law

Xavier Symons | 17 February 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, aclu, down syndrome, law, us

The ACLU has launched a legal challenge against Ohio’s new down syndrome abortion law.

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‘Father of 15’ testifies at surrogacy trial

Xavier Symons | 10 February 2018 | Comments

tags: commercial surrogacy, law, surrogacy, thailand

A Japanese man believed to have fathered 15 surrogate children has testified in a Thai court.

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South Korea’s advance directives program goes into effect

Xavier Symons | 10 February 2018 | Comments

tags: advance directives, artificial nutrition and hydration, law, south korea, withdrawal of treatment

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Disability rights activists decry Delaware assisted suicide bill

Xavier Symons | 10 February 2018 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, assisted suicide safeguards, disability, law, us

The bill would allow assisted suicide for patients with intellectual disabilities.

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Canadian court tells doctors they must refer for euthanasia

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: canada, complicity, cooperation in evil, euthanasia, law, maid

An Ontario court has told a group of doctors that they must refer for MAiD.

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British infant has life support withdrawn after court battle

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: charlie gard, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

A court has ordered life support to be withdrawn from an 11-month-old boy.

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Conscientious objection and withdrawal of life support

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: courts, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

Are British doctors obliged to withdraw life support if requested by a patient?

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Science and the abortion debate

Xavier Symons | 20 January 2018 | Comments

tags: abortion, law, neonatal care, science, us

Has science been a boon to the pro-life movement?

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Euthanasia debate halted in Victoria after MP rushed to hospital

Xavier Symons | 17 November 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, law, new south wales, victoria

A Vic politician was rushed to hospital after a 26-hour debate.

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Woman in minimally conscious state should be allowed to die – UK court

Xavier Symons | 11 November 2017 | Comments

tags: artificial nutrition and hydration, best interests, law, uk, withdrawal of life support

A British High Court judge has ruled that an elderly woman in minimally conscious state should have artificial feeding withdrawn

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New study casts doubt on effectiveness of euthanasia regulation in the Netherlands

Xavier Symons | 04 November 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, law, netherlands, regulation

Review committees struggle to judge if patients were eligible for PAS.

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Victorian euthanasia bill one step closer to passing

Xavier Symons | 04 November 2017 | Comments

tags: australia, euthanasia, law, victoria

The Victorian upper house continues to debate the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill.

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Is there any difference between euthanasia and palliated starvation?

Xavier Symons | 04 November 2017 | Comments

tags: euthanasia, law, palliative care, voluntary palliated starvation, vsed

VSED is ethically indistinguishable from assisted suicide, ethicists say.

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Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passes Victoria’s Lower House

Xavier Symons | 21 October 2017 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, australia, euthanasia, law, victoria

The Victorian Parliament is close to legalising euthanasia.

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Michigan mother jailed for refusing to vaccinate child

Xavier Symons | 14 October 2017 | Comments

tags: anti-vaxxer, conscientious objection, immunisation, law, us, vaccination

A 40-year-old Michigan anti-vaxxer has been sentenced to seven days jail.

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