England, William is 17, autistic, he has ADHD (attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder) and learning difficulties. He needs a kidney transplant to have a chance at life. In December 2019, William was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. He underwent frequent home dialysis, which stopped working in September last year. It was […]
From the United Kingdom comes the strong and clear voice of some Catholic, Anglican and Jewish leaders, who have united to oppose the assisted suicide law. The Suicide Act of 1961 establishes criminal liability for complicity in the suicide of others if an act is carried out to encourage or assist in the suicide or […]
🇬🇧 In Colombia euthanasia was decriminalised in 1997, but it became law only in 2015. This below may be the first case of active euthanasia in the country. The story concerns a 51-year-old woman, Martha Liria Sepúlveda Campo, who decided to die and with whom the judges of the Supreme Court of Colombia, at first, […]
Steadfast Onlus often assists families in which one or more members fight daily against the most varied of diseases. The protection of life, and therefore of health, is one our fundamental value. For this reason we want to talk to you about the importance on the use of face mask as a life-saving device, not […]
On the 4th of May, the decision of the catholic Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with a letter from the Prefect Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, is that the twelve psychiatric institutes of the Brothers of Charity in Belgium cannot be considered Catholic anymore. Most psychiatric facilities in Belgium are under the management […]
On 24 February 2020, the Federal Government of Canada submitted Bill C-7, an act to amend the Criminal Code on Medically Assisted Death (MAID). If this is passed without change, it will make Canadian euthanasia legislation the most permissive in the world. The medically assisted death had been decriminalized in Canada with the Carter ruling […]
