Assisted Suicide In Canada
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Canada Woman With Alzheimer's "Relieved" At Assisted Suicide Policy Shift
Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for years.
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Non-Canadians Not Eligible For Assisted Suicide
Canada's new assisted suicide law to be announced on Thursday will exclude non-Canadians, which means Americans won't be able to travel to Canada to die.
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Ageing, Indebted Japan Debates Right To 'Die With Dignity'
Although Japan has one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has no laws regarding "living wills", let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.
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Canada's Supreme Court Greenlights Assisted Suicide
The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday to allow doctor-assisted suicide across the country under certain circumstances, while giving the government more time to pass a law governing the practice.
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US Case on Encouraging Suicides Online Continues
Prosecutors argued on Friday that a former nurse should be convicted of assisting suicide for sending emails and other online communications in which he urged two people in Britain and Canada to kill themselves and gave them information on how to do it.
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Canada Woman With Alzheimer's "Relieved" At Assisted Suicide Policy Shift
Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for years.
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Non-Canadians Not Eligible For Assisted Suicide
Canada's new assisted suicide law to be announced on Thursday will exclude non-Canadians, which means Americans won't be able to travel to Canada to die.
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Ageing, Indebted Japan Debates Right To 'Die With Dignity'
Although Japan has one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has no laws regarding "living wills", let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.
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Canada's Supreme Court Greenlights Assisted Suicide
The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday to allow doctor-assisted suicide across the country under certain circumstances, while giving the government more time to pass a law governing the practice.
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US Case on Encouraging Suicides Online Continues
Prosecutors argued on Friday that a former nurse should be convicted of assisting suicide for sending emails and other online communications in which he urged two people in Britain and Canada to kill themselves and gave them information on how to do it.
