Tag: Assisted suicide

• Monday, October 28th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

  Cicero's case rekindles debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide in Brazil

  

  The case of Brazilian poet and composer António Cicero, who died through euthanasia last week in Switzerland, has rekindled the debate in South America's largest country on whether such a practice should be legalized, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 15:50 UTC

  Use of unauthorized suicide capsule sparks controversy in Switzerland

  

  Authorities in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen arrested a group of people Tuesday in connection with the first-time unsanctioned use of the assisted suicide capsule known as Sarco, with which a 64-year-old American woman took her own life. Although assisted suicide is permitted in the country under certain conditions, prosecutors fear that these requirements had not been met.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 18:09 UTC

  World Medical Association reaffirms opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide

  

  The World Medical Association has reaffirmed its long-standing policy of opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.