Euthanasia is becoming the sole solution to wide-ranging problems in some countries

Euthanasia is becoming the sole solution to wide-ranging problems in some countries A photo illustration shows tools used in euthanasia. Photo: OSV News/Norbert Fellechner, www.imago via Reuters

Assisted suicide, and/or euthanasia, now accounts for one in 20 deaths in the Netherlands. This was just one of the many disturbing pieces of evidence presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on ‘Assisted Dying’. Today it’s expected the committee will make a recommendation to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia into Irish legislation. We are meant…

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