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ARTICLES & NEWS
Canada Forcing Doctors Opposed to Euthanasia to Join in Practice
One of the main arguments for legalizing euthanasia, or assisted suicide, has always been that it furthers the great principle of “choice.” But sooner or later, choice becomes a one-way street.
The New Jersey assisted suicide report shows that requests for lethal drugs nearly doubled from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, report shows further experimentation on patients.
"The wide range of harms identified, both to patients and practitioners, suggest that at least some limits to institutional discretion are warranted and that top-down regulatory involvement may be the best way to facilitate patient access to this lawful end-of-life choice."
"End Assisted Suicide" is the group of plaintiffs suing the state of California to overturn the Assisted Suicide law there. Our 501(c)(3) sister organization, the Institute for Patients' Rights, has joined this ground-breaking lawsuit as a plaintiff. See the quote below sharing some of what this group believes.