This hasn’t previously been on NDY’s radar (h/t to Euthanasia Prevention Coalition), but Germany has been grappling with assisted suicide since at least 2005, when a woman disabled by paralysis, Bettina Koch, sought to purchase suicide drugs domestically. She was denied, and then travelled to Switzerland and committed suicide “with the help of the Dignitas […]
On June 25th, the Associated Press distributed a story about a “right to die” court decision in Germany. It ran under the headline of “Germany: Assisted suicide OK if patient consents.” The content of the headline alone should have rung some alarm bells, since the headline implies something was done to “the patient” who gave […]
In case anyone wonders what the unintended consequences of lowered criminal penalties for “mercy killings” or “compassionate homicides” can look like, one only needs to look to Germany. (This is aside from the obviously discrimatory standard in officially labeling the murders of old, ill and disabled people as less serious crimes than the murders of […]
