Euthanasia News

Jackson - A dog in Jackson, Tennessee is scheduled to be euthanized on Thursday after the owner surrendered the animal because it was "gay".

Quebec - After receiving a report from an expert panel, the Parti Quebecois government announced they will prepare legislation that will allow people in certain limited circumstances to have doctors assist them in taking their own lives.

Brussel - A case involving two identical twin brothers who requested to be euthanized by doctors in Brussels prompted officials with the Belgium government to postpone a proposed amendment to the country's euthanasia laws.

Paris - Fulfilling a campaign pledge, French President Francois Hollande commissioned a report, now complete, which recommends doctors be permitted to “accelerate death” for the terminally ill. Draft legislation is expected by June 2013.

Gardner - A cat was recently brought to a Massachusetts veterinarian for a scheduled flea bath, and instead was accidentally euthanized.

An article published in the semi-official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, has caused angry reactions after it argued that proponents of euthanasia and abortion use the same arguments as the Nazi used to justify their criminal eugenics program.

Tony Nicklinson, a man who suffered a stroke and now has to communicate via blinking, has won legal action for his right to die.

Euthanasia may be legal in the Netherlands, but that hasn't stopped their mobile euthanasia house call units from stirring up controversy.

A former rugby player suffering with 'locked-in syndrome', is arguing for the right to die. Tony Nicklinson is petitioning the UK High Court because without a doctor's help, he cannot administer the lethal medication needed, to end his life.

The debate over physician assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia is an often divisive and emotional one. The pros and cons of PAS run the gamut of legal, ethical and moral arguments yet to many who suffer from a terminal illness, there is no debate