Assisted dying: Do we understand it properly?
I’ve seen the slow loss of dignity and the increase of pain that mark the last years of lives drawn out by healthcare in modern society
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Instead of talking about assisted dying, we should prioritise palliative care
Rather than foist assisted suicide on healthcare professionals who don’t want it, why don’t we do something progressive?
Dáil votes by 76 to 53 to accept assisted dying report after Coalition parties allow free vote
Motion says that House will takes note of document which made 38 recommendations as some TDs oppose legislation
Catholic bishops call on TDs to reject proposals on assisted dying in Wednesday’s Dáil vote
Proposals recommend allowing assisted dying in restricted circumstances
‘I may not be as lucky as my dog’: Britain gets ready to consider whether there is a right to an assisted death
Campaigners such as Esther Rantzen, who has lung cancer, welcome the news that Westminster will debate a proposal to give terminally ill people to right to seek help ending their lives
Assisted dying: ‘If I cannot consent to my own death, who owns my life?’
Polls show most of the public are in favour of access to assisted dying in certain circumstances, but many people, including individual doctors, are in two minds
Recommendations on assisted dying rejected outright by Catholic bishops
Proposals for assisted dying legislation undermine ‘fundamental principle of civilised society’, says pastoral letter
Assisted dying downgrades the importance of the palliative care approach
True compassion and hope at the end of life is about courage and vulnerability
The Irish Times view on the Oireachtas report on assisted dying: a serious look at a sensitive issue
It may be left to the political parties to make their positions clear on the matter in advance of the general election
Should assisted dying be legalised? Louise Campbell and Des O’Neill debate
An Oireachtas committee has recommended legislating for assisted dying in restricted circumstances for those with just six months to live – or 12 where they are suffering from a neurodegenerative condition
Oireachtas committee recommends legislating for assisted dying for those with six months to live
Timeframe should be extended to a year for those with neurodegenerative condition, committee says
Michael Healy-Rae accused of ‘undermining’ report of Oireachtas committee with ‘minority report’
Two Fine Gael members of committee say chairman Healy-Rae undermining credibility of report on eve of publication
People with just six months to live should be allowed to avail of assisted dying, committee to recommend
Oireachtas committee agrees to recommend legislation be introduced for assisted dying
Assisted dying in Germany: Ralf Bladt was 56 years old, loved his road haulier job and big cars
Germany’s 2020 assisted dying constitutional court ruling remains as obscure as it is far-reaching
Committee on Assisted Dying: State should not have ‘invisible hand’ in a disabled person’s decision to end life, group hears
Many disabled people ‘hugely concerned’ that discussions about assisted dying would inevitably lead to talks on assisted suicide
Euthanasia might be motivated by compassion, but it’s not the most compassionate answer
We don’t need assisted suicide. We need a functioning health service with palliative care for all
Ireland’s main churches and Muslim Council oppose legislation on assisted dying
`No such thing as a life without meaning or value’, churches say
Assisted dying: ‘Difficult to identify sufficient safeguards to protect vulnerable’, politicians told
Oireachtas committee hears contributions from three organisations on potential changes to legislation around assisted dying
Q&A: Halfway through their deliberations, what has the committee on assisted dying found?
The main issues raised are around unintended consequences in the law, such as elderly or vulnerable people being coerced into making a decision
Failing to legislate for assisted dying ‘most dangerous option’, committee told
Joint Committee on Assisted Dying is holding series of hearings about potential legislative and policy change
Assisted dying: ‘I do not want to end my days as a lost soul in a nursing home’
One couple’s story of four years from dementia diagnosis to assisted death
Opposing views on legalising assisted dying to be heard at Oireachtas committee
Swiss organisation Dignitas says ‘freedom of choice’ should be upheld but Dutch academic warns over high rate of assisted suicide following legalisation in the Netherlands
Romanticised rhetoric of assisted dying bears little relation to reality
When we talk about assisted dying, we need also to talk about assisted living
Assisted dying legislation possible with safeguards, IHREC tells Oireachtas committee
Legislators commence hearings 10 years after Supreme Court ruling in Marie Fleming case
Committee to begin considering complex issues around assisted dying
TDs and Senators asked to report to Oireachtas on whether statutory right to end a life is needed in Ireland
Doctors call on Oireachtas Commmittee to complete work on assisted dying before change of government
Irish Doctors supporting Medical Assistance in Dying concerned bill will fall with change of Government
Ireland has a chance to learn from other countries on assisted dying
Breda O’Brien: Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are troubling indicators of what could happen in Ireland
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