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Eligibility for euthanasia varies across jurisdictions where it is legal, with some countries allowing euthanasia for mental illness. Euthanasia is distinct from assisted suicide, which may be legal in certain other jurisdictions.
Euthanasia or assisted suicide—and sometimes both—have been legalized in a small number of countries and states. In all jurisdictions, laws and safeguards were put in place to prevent abuse and misuse of these practices.
- José Pereira
- 2011
2016年12月14日 · Under the laws of Hong Kong, euthanasia involves a third party's acts of intentional killing, manslaughter, or aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the suicide of another, or an attempt by another to commit suicide. These are unlawful acts, possibly liable to criminal offence (s) under the Offences Against the Person Ordinance.
2017年3月2日 · One of the biggest reasons to support euthanasia is the will of the patients. But how can we be certain, without a hint of hesitation, that this is what the person really wants? How can we be...
2022年11月4日 · This article presents a recent proposal to legalize euthanasia for people who experience such suffering and then discusses the issue of what the value of life may be, and whether the standard that life is normally something positive should be accepted.
2023年12月16日 · New Zealand has voted to legalise euthanasia in what campaigners have called "a victory for compassion and kindness". Preliminary results showed 65.2% of voters supported the End of Life Choice...
2024年5月29日 · The first countries to legalize euthanasia were the Netherlands in 2001 and Belgium in 2002. In 1997 Oregon became the first state in the United States to decriminalize physician-assisted suicide; opponents of the controversial law, however, attempted to have it overturned.
