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Monthly Archive for June, 2014

In England, Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill will receive its Second Reading in the House of Lords on Friday, 18 July 2014. This would apply to England and Wales – the Scottish have their own legal system. The principles of the Bill will be debated and, subject to opposition, voted on. It is broadly similar […]

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In an historic 94 to 22 vote at the National Assembly of Quebec, Bill 52, An Act Respecting End of Life Care, passed into law at 4:14 pm on June 5, 2014. This is the first time that medical aid to die becomes an option for adult citizens of Quebec who are capable of giving […]

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More than 100 people died in Washington last year after requesting and taking a lethal prescription through Washington’s Death with Dignity law, the state’s Department of Health reported 4 June 2014. Officials said that 173 people requested and received lethal doses of medication in 2013, a 43 percent increase from the year before. Of those […]

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