{"id":5848,"date":"2014-06-25T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T01:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2018-03-08T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:46:00","slug":"euthanasia-rulings-in-europe-stir-right-to-die-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5848","title":{"rendered":"Euthanasia rulings in Europe stir right-to-die debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CTV News<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>PARIS\u00a0 &#8212; One French court acquitted a doctor of poisoning seven terminally ill patients while another ordered physicians to suspend treatment for a comatose man, while Britain&#8217;s top court said the country&#8217;s ban on assisted suicide may be incompatible with human rights.<\/p>\n<p>The decisions of the past few days are fueling the arguments of Europeans who say the duty of doctors is to end the suffering of those beyond treatment.<\/p>\n<p>But emotions run high on all sides around the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide, as is shown by the bitter case of the comatose Frenchman, Vincent Lambert. Hours after the French court sided with his wife in ordering an end to treatment, the European Court of Human Rights blocked the move at the request of his parents, in a rare late-night ruling. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/euthanasia-rulings-in-europe-stir-right-to-die-debate-1.1885518\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CTV News The Associated Press PARIS\u00a0 &#8212; One French court acquitted a doctor of poisoning seven terminally ill patients while another ordered physicians to suspend treatment for a comatose man, while Britain&#8217;s top court said the country&#8217;s ban on assisted suicide may be incompatible with human rights. The decisions of the past few days are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5848\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Euthanasia rulings in Europe stir right-to-die debate&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2179,162,403,217,9,757],"tags":[1762,1758],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-euthanasia","category-france","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-united-kingdom","tag-tony-nicklinson","tag-vincent-lambert"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Euthanasia rulings in Europe stir right-to-die debate - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5848\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Euthanasia rulings in Europe stir right-to-die debate - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CTV News The Associated Press PARIS\u00a0 &#8212; One French court acquitted a doctor of poisoning seven terminally ill patients while another ordered physicians to suspend treatment for a comatose man, while Britain&#8217;s top court said the country&#8217;s ban on assisted suicide may be incompatible with human rights. 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