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Belgium's Vervoort dismisses euthanasia reports
Belgian wheelchair racer and Rio Paralympic silver medalist Marieke Vervoort dismissed on Sunday a recent report in the French media that stated that she was "considering" euthanasia after Rio.Speaking at a news conference at the Olympic...
Crash Course
Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy
Now that we’ve started talking about identity, today Hank tackles the question of personhood. Philosophers have tried to assess what constitutes personhood with a variety of different criteria, including genetic, cognitive, social,...
Crash Course
Assisted Death & the Value of Life: Crash Course Philosophy
As we wrap up Crash Course Philosophy, we’re using the things we’ve learned to explore big issues like the value of life. Today, we’re discussing abortions in cases of fetal abnormality, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. We will consider...
TED Talks
Peter Saul: Let's talk about dying
We can't control if we'll die, but we can "occupy death," in the words of Peter Saul, an emergency doctor. He asks us to think about the end of our lives -- and to question the modern model of slow, intubated death in hospital. Two big...
History Squad
A Nazi Nurse
A chilling monologue from a young nurse recruited into the T4 euthanasia programme. She tells how she became a Nazi Party member and was inspired by Hitler, and how she believed that what she was doing was for the good of her country....
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The Functions of Crime
The idea crime can have positive consequences for individuals and societies is an important part of Durkheimês sociological analysis of crime and deviance. Steve Taylor explains how crime and deviance can be functional for social order...
Press Association
Dignity in Dying campaigners gather in Parliament Square
Dignity in Dying campaigners gather in Parliament Square, central London, in support of the "assisted dying bill", a private members bill, described as offering choice at the end of life, which was formally introduced to Parliament in...
Press Association
New assisted dying Bill is 'about giving people choice' campaigners say
Terminally ill adults in England and Wales could be helped to end their lives “subject to safeguards and protections” as a new Bill was formally introduced in the House of Commons for the first time in almost a decade. Campaigners on...
Press Association
Assisted dying: Silent Witness star warns MPs not to be 'seduced' by wording
Legalising assisted dying would be a "country-defining moment" but there is no safe way to change the law while guaranteeing the protection of disabled and elderly people, actor and campaigner Liz Carr has insisted. The Silent Witness...
Press Association
Right-to-die campaigner’s daughter: Dad would be ‘livid’ at law’s slow progress
Right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson would be “absolutely fuming” that more progress has not been made in the past 12 years on legalising assisted dying, his daughter said. Lauren Peters, who was 25 when her father died days after his...
Press Association
Starmer ‘pleased’ to keep promise to Esther Rantzen on assisted dying vote
Sir Keir Starmer said he is pleased he could keep his vow to Dame Esther Rantzen to make time for a debate and vote on assisted dying as a Bill is set to come before Parliament this month. The broadcaster, who is terminally ill and has...
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CLEAN : Germany opens national memorial to Nazis disabled victims
CLEAN : Germany opens national memorial to Nazis disabled victims
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CLEAN: Egg Hatchery killing practices revealed
CLEAN: Egg Hatchery killing practices revealed
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : French president Hollande to meet Pope Fra
French President Francois Hollande has arrived at the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis to discuss the Syrian crisis and France's stance on abortion and euthanasia. CLEAN : French president Hollande to meet Pope Fra on January 24, 2014...
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CLEAN : Hollande leaves the Vatican after Pope mee
French President Francois Hollande met Pope Francis on Friday amid a swirling scandal over his love life and deep divisions in France over hot-button issues including abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage. CLEAN : Hollande leaves the...
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Majestic cathedral with doves during sunset HD
Doves circling around a majestic cathedral during sunset HD
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CLEAN : Hollande leaves the Vatican after Pope mee
CLEAN : Hollande leaves the Vatican after Pope mee
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CLEAN : French president Hollande to meet Pope Fra
CLEAN : French president Hollande to meet Pope Fra
Sky News
Royal Courts of Justice in London
CLEAN: Shows exterior shots Royal Courts of Justice, including close ups of architectural details in London, England, UNited Kingdom on 17th July, 2017