The World Medical Association (WMA) has voted to protect conscientious objection for medical personnel concerning assisted suicide and euthanasia by excluding a provision that would mandate “effective referral” in its International Code of Medical Ethics. The WMA’s policies currently state, “No physician should be forced to participate in euthanasia or assisted suicide, nor should any physician be obliged to make referral decisions to this end.”
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A new study finds that nations that legalize assisted suicide or euthanasia have higher rates of “self-initiated” suicides, a result that some experts contend has been a predictable side effect of making it legal for people to end their lives in certain circumstances.