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Palliative care doctors warn public is being ‘scared’ into supporting assisted suicide (UK)
An amendment to the Government’s Health and Care Bill sought to force the Government into drafting an assisted suicide bill within a year of the Health and Care Bill becoming law. The Association of Palliative Medicine (APM) has warned that the public is being “scared” into supporting assisted suicide through an excessive focus by the … Read more
The killing of one human being is one of the 3 fundamental prohibitions (France)
Freud correlatively differentiates between three fundamental prohibitions, three universal taboos which form the basis of the conditions of existence of culture: the taboos of cannibalism, incest and murder. Since the dawn of human history, this triple prohibition separates the state of culture from the state of nature, writes Freud. Source
Suicide Rates Don’t Decrease After Legalising Medical Assistance In Dying (UK)
It has been argued that the legalisation of medical assistance in dying would decrease or, at least, not have an effect on suicide rates. David Albert Jones, Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, published a study in The Journal of Ethics in Mental Health showing the opposite. In Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and … Read more
Assisted suicide: Psychiatric assessment should be systematically provided (France)
In France, the public debate about the legalisation of assisted suicide, is raging. In December 2021, psychiatrists published a study that reconsidered the role of psychiatrists in dealing with requests for medical aid in dying. The study was based on 127 articles obtained mostly from Pubmed and Cairn, from 1997 to 2020 in Switzerland, the … Read more
French Council of State Rejects Dignitas’ Appeal (France)
In December 2021 Dignitas, a Swiss organisation that promotes “the right to die with dignity”, submitted a Preliminary Question of Constitution (PQC) countering the ban of pentobarbital in France. Pentoparbital is used in Switzerland and Belgium for assisted suicide. On 21 December 2021 the French Council rejected the proposal highlighting the risks of pentobarbital to … Read more
So-called ‘Gold Standard’ Abortion Pill Regimen Causes Serious Adverse Reactions (Canada)
A summary of spontaneously reported adverse reactions from the so called “gold standard “ abortion pill regimen shows numerous reports of serious events resulting in hospitalization. Reports of life threatening sepsis, numerous reports of haemorrhaging and numerous failed abortions were among the findings. The report released by The Canada Vigilance Program, concerns the abortion pill … Read more
Submission for Road Accidents SA (Press Release)
Correlation between Cannabis legalisation and road accident increase
The ACOG should reconsider fetal pain (America)
There is increasing evidence to show that a foetus may feel pain as early as 12 weeks gestation. Currently the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), “Facts are Important”, states that foetal pain cannot occur before 24 weeks gestation. Updated findings, particularly from two studies done in 2016, suggest that subcortical structures develop much … Read more
Exposure to job-related violence among young female prostitutes (Nigeria)
In Nigeria, many young girls are engaged in commercial prostitution as a means of livelihood and support of dependent relatives. Although studies have documented some of the violence related issues among commercial prostitutes, the plight of adolescent and young prostitutes particularly in urban slums may be different in context and depth. This study explored the … Read more