France Suicides
What are the statistics on Suicides in France?
French Prime Minister Hollande Wants to Legalize Euthanasia
Opposing assisted suicide/euthanasia should be a top liberal agenda item. (For example, see Robert P. Jones, Nat Hentoff, Dr. Rex Green, and most disability rights activists-such as Diane Coleman.) Indeed, that was certainly the cut of my jib when I first got involved in the issue. Ref. Source 5
French Panel Votes Against Euthanasia But President Pushes It Anyway
France's medical ethics advisory council (CNNE) has voted against the legalization of assisted suicide, as found in Swiss clinics such as Dignitas, it was announced on Monday. Ref. Source 8
French Panel Recommends Legalizing Assisted Suicide
Fulfilling a campaign pledge made by President Francois Hollande to hold a national "debate" on the issue, a public panel of 18 "representative" citizens this week recommended that France legalize assisted suicide. Source 7
Court Rules Disabled Patient Can be Starved to Death Against His Will
A European court has issued a ruling that a disabled patient can be starved to death against his will. Vincent Lambert, a tetraplegic patient who has been in a state of minimal consciousness in hospital for six years following a car accident, is current receiving food and water via a feeding tube. Ref. Source 2l
Court Allows Doctors to Stop Disabled Patient’s Wife From Starving Him to Death Against His Will
When last we reported on Vincent Lambert, doctors at a hospital in the northern French city of Reims announced, in an unexpected turn, that they had postponed withdrawing food and water from the severely brain-damaged Lambert. He’d been gravely injured in a motorbike accident in 2008. Ref. Source 1e
According to online statistics, it is estimated that France has 17.7 suicides per 100k! That makes France ranked 17th on the global suicidal rates. I don't understand why there aren't enough measures put in place to reduce this, not to mention the issues with handling pro-life.