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Vermont rewrites law to offer assisted suicide to non-residents

May 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Boston, Mass., May 3, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont signed a bill Tuesday allowing non-residents to avail themselves of the state’s assisted suicide law.Vermont legalized assi… […]

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Assisted suicide in the United States: Where is it legal?

April 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

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St. Louis, Mo., Apr 29, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
In recent years — especially since 2016 — several U.S. states have made moves to legalize the practice of physician-assisted suicide. To date, nine states and the District … […]

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BREAKING: Pontifical Academy of Life president calls medically assisted suicide ‘feasible’

April 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 37

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Institute John Paul II, speaks at a press conference. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2023 / 15:02 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pon… […]

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Culture of loneliness meets culture of death in Canada’s MAiD epidemic, speaker says

April 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition speaks with listeners at a March 2023 presentation at St. Nicholas Church in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. “Most people ask for euthanasia because they are going through a difficult ti… […]

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Canadian government moves to delay expanding assisted suicide to include the mentally ill 

February 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Boston, Mass., Feb 15, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
The Canadian government has introduced legislation to delay by one year plans to include mental illness among the list of conditions eligible for the country’s assisted… […]

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Canadian veteran offered assisted suicide after asking for wheelchair help

December 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Boston, Mass., Dec 5, 2022 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
A former Paralympian who served in the Canadian military contacted Veterans Af… […]

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Canadian fashion retailer runs ad promoting assisted suicide 

November 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2022 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
A new ad campaign from a Canadian fashion retailer features a terminally ill woman who ended her life by assisted suicide.“Dying in a hospital is not what’s… […]

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A ‘citizens convention’ will decide whether France legalizes assisted suicide

October 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 27, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
This month 150 randomly-chosen French citizens will debate whether or not to adopt legislation that will legalize “assisted dying” as part of President Emma… […]

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Scotland should be “caring for people, not killing them”, Catholic Church urges

September 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Newsroom, Sep 14, 2022 / 15:58 pm (CNA).
The Catholic Church in Scotland has spoken out about the dangers of current proposals to legalize assisted suicide for terminally-ill people.Liam… […]

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Court bars California from forcing conscientious objectors to participate in assisted suicide

September 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 7, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
A federal district court ruled Sept. 2 that California — temporarily — cannot force medical professionals to participate in assisted suicide against their c… […]

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