NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- Animal shelter euthanasia efforts involving carbon monoxide gas chambers could soon be outlawed in six U.S. states, a Humane Society official says.
LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has called for debate on whether to allow euthanasia of severely disabled newborns.
MADRID, May 8 (UPI) -- Spanish officials are investigating a euthanasia case after a paralyzed man who turned to the Internet for help was found dead, EFE news agency said Monday.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- About 30 people in Belgium request assisted suicide every month. The Expatica Web site reported Tuesday that Wim Distelmans, chairman of the Federal Commission of Euthanasia in Belgium, believes the actual number is far greater.
PARIS, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- In a no-surprises vote, France's National Assembly overwhelmingly Tuesday endorsed legislation legalizing passive euthanasia.
BERN, Switzerland, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A Swiss euthanasia group was suspected Saturday to have participated in more British attempted suicides than previously thought, the BBC reported.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 31 (UPI) -- A pro-euthanasia campaigner was found guilty in New Zealand Wednesday of trying to kill her terminally ill mother.
LONDON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A British doctor has admitted to police he helped a terminally ill man die, the London Telegraph reported Sunday.
BERCK-SUR-MER, France, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A severely handicapped Frenchman has drawn renewed attention to euthanasia after his mother administered him a fatal overdose, the BBC reports.
