Agnes Wolbert News Today

Highest ever number of euthanasia procedures in 2020 There were more euthanasia procedures than ever before in 2020, according to a new report. The RTE Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, which each year analyse all deaths by euthanasia and test whether strict criteria have been met, reported 6,938 procedures. All but two of these were judged to have met the six legal requirements, which include that someone has carefully thought over the request and makes it freely, and is suffering unbear...