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“O Estado não pode forçar ninguém a viver contra a sua vontade”

27 de fevereiro de 2019

Jacqueline Jencquel quer morrer em janeiro de 2020: aos 75 anos, com boa saúde e com o apoio da organização suíça Lifecircle. Essa francesa reacendeu o debate sobre o suicídio assistido com seu desejo expresso publicamente. O filosófo Alberto Bondolfi defende maior controle sobre o…
The Doctors Who Invented a New Way to Help People Die

26 de fevereiro de 2019

The two lethal medications used by terminal patients who wish to end their own life recently became unavailable or prohibitively expensive. In 2016, a small group of doctors gathered in a Seattle conference room to find a better way to help people die. They included…
Should we Pay Organ Donors? A Response to the Washington Post

25 de fevereiro de 2019

I’ve followed the recent colloquy regarding organ transplants in the pages of the Washington Post with great interest. But the suggestions merit a closer look. In December 2018, there was a front-page article that outlined the asymmetry between supply of and demand for transplantable organs.…
“Há pessoas que só são protagonistas da própria vida na hora de morrer”

18 de fevereiro de 2019

“A morte é um dia que vale a pena viver.” Será, por ventura, difícil encontrar livros com um título que tão diretamente aborda a morte. A obra que Ana Cláudia Quintana Arantes lançou no Brasil em 2016, e que agora chega às livrarias portuguesas pela…
Nueva York “blinda” derecho al aborto en aniversario de legalización en EEUU

14 de fevereiro de 2019

Nueva York, 22 ene (EFE).- El estado de Nueva York legisló hoy sobre el derecho al aborto, coincidiendo con el 46 aniversario del histórico fallo del Tribunal Supremo que lo legalizó en EE.UU. y ante el riesgo de que “se reconstruyan las barreras” que se…
Pennsylvania Not Alone in Denying Abortion Coverage for Low-Income Women

13 de fevereiro de 2019

Last week, a lawsuit was filed challenging Pennsylvania’s decades-old statute restricting the use of state Medicaid funding to pay for abortion services. The lawsuit, brought by a group of abortion providers in the state, claims the restriction discriminates against low-income women on the basis of…
Nurse charged after incapacitated Arizona woman gives birth

12 de fevereiro de 2019

A male nurse has been arrested after a severely intellectually disabled woman unexpectedly gave birth to a baby late last month at a specialised healthcare clinic in Arizona. Nathan Sutherland, 36, was taken into custody on Wednesday after an extensive police investigation. Sutherland was one…
Lowa abortion bill deemed unconstitutional, New York bill is signed into law

7 de fevereiro de 2019

A State judge has struck down Iowa’s fetal heartbeat abortion law, declaring the legislation to be “unconstitutional”. In a decision handed down Tuesday, Judge Michael Huppert said prohibiting abortions at the detection of a fetal heartbeat conflicted with the constitutional right of women to an…

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