French voluntary euthanasia debate blocked

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Yesterday, in the French National Assembly's debate of the voluntary euthanasia bill, the health minister invoked a procedural move which prevented detailed consideration of the bill's provisions. In response, the socialist deputies walked out of the chamber in protest. The bill is based on legislation in Belgium and the Netherlands.

The bill will be back for a vote in the Assembly on Tuesday.

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"Une proposition de loi pour legaliser l'euthanasie". Europe1. Cree le 18/11/09 - Derniere mise a jour le 19/11/09 a 19h32. <www.europe1.fr/Info/Actualite-France/Societe/Une-proposition-de-loi-pour-legaliser-l-euthanasie/(gid)/255227>. Europe1 - 26 bis, rue Francois 1er - 75008 Paris - France.

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Stories that EuthaNEWSia did not get to:

  • USA: Christian leaders issue "Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience" [New York Times]
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/us/politics/20alliance.html

    "Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples." "The document says, 'We will not comply with any edict that purports to compel our institutions to participate in abortions, embryo-destructive research, assisted suicide and euthanasia, or any other antilife act; nor will we bend to any rule purporting to force us to bless immoral sexual partnerships, treat them as marriages or the equivalent.'"

  • DPP: assisted suicide policy no threat to disabled people [communitycare.co.uk]
    http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/11/20/113212/dpp-assisted-suicide-policy-no-threat-to-disabled-people.htm

    "Director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer has defended his interim policy on prosecutions for assisted suicide against charges it would put vulnerable people, including the disabled, at risk. Speaking to Community Care, Starmer said the policy, which set out a series of factors that would make a prosecution more or less likely, needed to be read as a whole, rather than by isolating particular factors for criticism."

  • Britain: Elderly couple who committed suicide rather than lose their independence [Telegraph]
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6570154/Elderly-couple-who-committed-suicide-rather-than-lose-their-independence.html

    "Dennis and Flora 'Billy' Milner were a happy and contented elderly couple who decided to take their own lives before they became to frail to look after themselves. Their children, Nigel and Chrissy, talk to Ian Johnston."

  • Canada: Robert Latimer loses bid for extended parole leave [CTV News]
    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091113/Latimer_parole_091113/20091113?hub=Canada

    "The Saskatchewan farmer who killed his severely disabled daughter has lost his bid for an extended leave from his halfway house. The appeal division of the National Parole Board says an earlier decision stands to deny Robert Latimer's request to live on his own during the work week and only stay at a halfway house on weekends."

  • Canada: MP, 414 residents oppose assisted suicide bill [Elliot Lake Standard]
    http://www.elliotlakestandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2182031

    "A bill to allow physician-assisted suicide will not get support from 414 Elliot Lakers as well as Carol Hughes, MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. A petition opposing private member's Bill C-384 was handed to Hughes at her Elliot Lake office by Kathleen Rosilius and Mary Gour. The two women say it was signed by many in the city's Christian community."

  • How Assisted Suicide Would Change Canada's Legal Landscape [christianity.ca]
    http://www.christianity.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=7028

    Faye Sonier, Legal Counsel with The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, suggests that the right to assisted suicide would necessarily lead to the duty of one Canadian to kill another.

  • Scotland: Experts to debate on assisted suicide [The Press and Journal]
    http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1482984?UserKey=

    "A DEBATE on the topic of assisted suicide will take place in Aberdeen on Monday. The public event will hear arguments for and against allowing doctors to aid patients who wish to end their lives. The debate will be held at Aberdeen University's Suttie centre for teaching and learning in healthcare at Foresterhill. Jeremy Purvis MSP for Tweedale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, and Dr Libby Wilson, convener and medical adviser for the Friends at the End society, will argue in favour of the motion. Putting the case against will be John Deighan, parliamentary officer for the Catholic Church in Scotland, and Aberdeen GP Dr Willie Harrison."

  • Canada: Hospice offers alternative [Red Deer Advocate]
    http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/news/local/Hospice_offers_alternative_70186017.html

    "Cheri Purpur, nurse manager with Red Deer Hospice Society, said if people understood what type of care people receive in a hospice, they likely wouldn't look at euthanasia. 'It would seem the whole issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide is mis-focused. Not enough people know what kind of pain and symptom management is available to make those last weeks and days comfortable and less stressful,' Purpur said. People assume the pain management available will not be enough, she said. 'It really isn't the case. There is always something.' The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, the Alzheimer Society of Canada and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association all want to refocus the debate on the right to have high quality care for all Canadians at the end of life"

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