Assisted Suicide

‘Our bodies are fearfully and wonderfully made and are always striving for life,’ says opponent of assisted suicide.

(OSV News) — The head of the Tuscan Bishops’ Conference said the passage of a new law in Italy allowing medically assisted suicide was “not an achievement, but a defeat for …

OXFORD, England (OSV News) — Pro-life groups welcomed comments by the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales bitterly criticizing attempts by government-aligned parliamentarians to rush through a bill …

(OSV News) — Within the first week of the new session of Illinois’ General Assembly lawmakers on Jan. 13 and 14 filed bills to set their state on a path …

PARIS (OSV News) — French Prime Minister François Bayrou wants to split an “end of life” bill to separate the issue of “active assistance in dying” from that of palliative …

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(OSV News) — In an eventful year for life issues — including abortion, assisted suicide, and immigration — advocates and opponents alike wrestled with outcomes, each other, governments, public opinion, and …

(OSV News) — Pro-life and anti-euthanasia activists in Canada are decrying that government’s latest efforts to expand its assisted suicide policy by accepting “advance requests” — and a national survey on …

LONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members …

(OSV News) — Britain’s lawmakers voted Nov. 29 in Parliament to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales, despite opposition from Britain’s Catholic bishops and other …