The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld the appeal by the Minister of Health and others against the Pretoria High Court ruling allowing for Stransham-Ford to seek physician-assisted suicide.
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The assisted-dying debate is about to be reinvigorated in South Africa, as Robin Stransham-Ford goes to court to seek the right to a death at the time of his choosing.
For difficult moral issues, we shouldn’t be surprised if the arguments are difficult also. Euthanasia, especially in the case of children, is difficult enough that argument sometimes appears impossible.
Child euthanasia is an emotive subject, as all end-of-life decisions are. But that shouldn’t blind us to what’s right.
Assisted dying and euthanasia are issues too important to be sacrificed in the service of an atheism versus religion argument.
The mosque murders in Christchurch on March 15, 2019 made me aware that New Zealand has a “chief censor”, which seems a somewhat quaint title in the 21st Century. It’s nevertheless true that someone (or some group of people) have to make determinations about when – if ever – something should be deemed unsuitable for…
Here are three pieces that have been open in my browser for a few days now, while I kept postponing the urge to write something substantial about each of them. Instead, I’ll simply present them for your consideration, with a paragraph or two on selected areas of possible interest. First, Bruce Schneier on blockchains, and…
Deirdre Carter (COPE) is trying to have Section 6 of the Civil Union Act, which allows for Home Affairs to discriminate against gay couples, revoked.
Deirdre Carter (COPE) is introducing Bill on advance directives and assisted dying. Support her and DignitySA by indicating your support to Parliament.
Renowned Afrikaans author, Karel Schoeman, has taken his own life, in what is yet another example of why we need urgent reform of South African law related to assisted dying.