Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts
Friday, April 12, 2024

Vatican Releases Declaration on Human Dignity

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 On April 8, the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a Declaration on Human Dignity, “Dignitas Infinita"  (...
Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Montreal Archdiocese Sues for Exemption from End-of-Life Care Requirements

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 In Canada, the Archdiocese of Montreal has filed suit in a Quebec trial court seeking an exemption from amendments to the province's Ac...
Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Nevada Governor Vetoes Medical-Aid-In-Dying Bill

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On Monday, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed ( full text of veto message ) S.B. 239 ( full text ) which would have authorized physicians a...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Says No State Constitutional Right to Physician Assisted Suicide

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In Kligler v. Attorney  General, ( MA Sup. Jud. Ct., Dec. 19, 2022), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the Massachusetts st...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Christian Doctors Challenge New Mexico's Assisted Suicide Law

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Suit was filed this week in a New Mexico federal district court by a physician and the Christian Medical & Dental Associations challengi...
Tuesday, September 06, 2022

California Assisted Suicide Law Violates Free Speech rights Of Objecting Doctors

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In Christian Medical & Dental Association v. Bonta , (CD CA, Sept. 2, 2022), a California federal district court held likely unconstitut...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Challenges To New Jersey's Assisted Suicide Act Are Rejected

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In Petro v. Platkin ,  (NJ App., June 10, 2022), a New Jersey state appellate court dismissed constitutional challenges to New Jersey's ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Christian Doctors Challenge California Assisted Suicide Provisions

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An organization of Christian healthcare professionals and one of its members filed suit yesterday in a California federal district court cha...
Monday, December 14, 2020

Austria's Constitutional Court Strikes Down Assisted Suicide Ban; Hijab Ban For Young Girls

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Last Friday, Austria's Constitutional Court issued two important decisions. It held it unconstitutional to prohibit assisting suicide.  ...
Saturday, November 07, 2020

UAE Liberalizes Personal Status and Penal Laws

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The United Arab Emirates today announced liberalizing changes in its Sharia-based personal laws. The Hill , The National , and  Emirates New...
Friday, April 03, 2020

New Jersey's Aid In Dying Act Is Upheld

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In Petro v. Grewal ,  (NJ Super., April 1, 2020), a New Jersey state trial court dismissed a suit challenging the constitutionality of New J...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Priest and His Church Sued Over Insensitive Funeral Homily

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Detroit News reports on a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in a Michigan state trial court seeking damages from priest  Rev. Don LaCuesta and Our...
Friday, September 13, 2019

Canadian Court Says Assisted Suicide Law Is Unconstitutionally Restrictive

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In Truchon v. Procureur General du Canada ,  (Quebec Superior Ct., Sept. 11, 2019) [opinion in French], a Quebec trial court judge held that...
Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Doctor Sues Over Hospital's Limits On Providing Aid-In-Dying Medications

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Last month, a doctor and her terminally ill patient filed a lawsuit in a Colorado state court against Centura Health's St. Anthony Hospi...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

New Jersey Assisted Suicide Law Reinstated By Appeals Court

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In Glassman v. Grewal,  (NJ App.,  Aug. 27, 2019), a New Jersey state appeals court lifted the temporary restraining order entered by a tria...
Friday, August 16, 2019

Court Temporarily Enjoins New Jersey's Assisted Suicide Law

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Fox29 News reports that on Wednesday, a New Jersey state trial court judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the state's ...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Ontario Court Upholds Requirement That Objecting Doctors Refer Patients to Others

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In Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario , (Ont. Ct. App., May 15, 2019), the Onta...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Appeals Court Vacates Invalidation of California's Assisted Suicide Law

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In People ex rel Becerra v. Superior Court of Riverside County ,  (CA App., Nov. 27, 2018), a California state appellate court issued a writ...
Monday, August 20, 2018

VA Doctor's Statement Did Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In  Rose v. Borsos , 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139466 (ED TN, Aug. 17. 2018), a Tennessee federal district court dismissed a claim by a VA hosp...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

Objectors To Assisted Suicide Lack Standing To Challenge Vermont Law

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In Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care, Inc. v. Hoser ,  (D VT, April 5, 2017), a Vermont federal district court dismissed for lack of ...