Sentences with phrase «not voluntary euthanasia»

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Drawing on examples of what is happening in the Netherlands, where the practice of PAS and euthanasia (voluntary and involuntary) has increased even though not formally legal, Manning, Larson and Amundsen suggest that the policy and practice of euthanasia / PAS would weaken the general prohibition against killing.

The BHA was called to give evidence to the Commission's inquiry into whether there should be a change in law to legalise assisted dying in the UK and made the case that there are good ethical reasons not to limit legal assisted dying only to terminally ill people but to others who are incurably suffering, and to permit voluntary euthanasia as well as assisted dying to maximise autonomy of patients who wish to end their lives but are unable to do so themselves.

As it was, quiet euthanasia, some voluntary, some not, took place among the elderly Baby Boomers, tired of being labelled sponges on society, or picked off by annoyed caretakers.

It should be noted some studies have established mandatory spay / neuter laws have not reduced shelter intake and euthanasia rates, that it is preferable to have government funded voluntary spay / neuter services together with aggressive adoption programs.

The criteria for access to voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide in Justice Smith's decision in Carter and in Quebec's An Act Respecting End - of - Life Care do not include «terminal illness».

That there is a moral right, grounded in autonomy, for competent and informed individuals who have decided after careful consideration of the relevant facts, that their continuing life is not worth living, to non-interference with requests for assistance with suicide or voluntary euthanasia.

First, permissive regimes do not slide from voluntary euthanasia to non-voluntary or involuntary euthanasia (either in relation to the criteria for access or in practice).