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France - What's in the plan to legalise assisted suicide?
Since this week, the French National Assembly has been examining in public session two bills relating to the end of life. The first concerns ‘palliative and supportive care’, while the second deals with ‘aid in dying’. Behind this term, the proposal actually aims to legalise programmed death on request, in...
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Canada: UN recommends banning euthanasia for people whose death is not ‘reasonably foreseeable’
On 18 March 2025, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) adopted its concluding observations. These observations are part of the review of the periodic reports submitted by Canada...
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+16,6% : why does the number of euthanasia cases continue to increase in Belgium?
In 2024, 3,991 euthanasia cases were recorded in Belgium by the Commission responsible for reviewing them, marking a clear increase (+16.6%) compared to 2023.
Euthanasia is thus becoming an increasingly frequent way of...
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Between hope and organ shortage, uterus transplants raise ethical questions
For the first time in Belgium, a child has been born following a uterus transplant. To date, 65 children have been born in this way around the world. This small number is due to the difficulty of finding uterus donors....
News Organ Donation
The Netherlands: opening of foetal biobank has led to surge in donations of foetal tissue after abortion
According to a study published in 2024 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, donations of foetal tissue after abortion have increased significantly in the Netherlands, from 1.2% (8 donations out of 663 abortions) to 21.7% (132 donations out of 609 abortions), following the creation of a Dutch foetal...
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Proposed extension of Belgian euthanasia law: critical feedback from the Netherlands
Hearings are continuing in the Federal Parliament on the proposed law to extend euthanasia to people who have become incapable of expressing their wishes, on the basis of an advance declaration.
On Wednesday 22...
News Palliative Care
How can palliative care be increased in a country that allows euthanasia?
In Belgium, palliative care is provided in a variety of settings (hospital, home, nursing home) in response to the demand of many patients to be able to choose where they receive this specific care. However, reports...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia in Ontario: over 400 breaches of the euthanasia law result in only reminders of the law
Between 2018 and 2023, more than 400 criminal offences involving euthanasia were recorded in Ontario. In 2024, doctors revealed this figure to the press, highlighting the facts contained in various reports from the...
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