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    <description>The latest euthanasia news posts from The Christian Institute</description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Canadian euthanasia regime guilty of ‘rushing people to their deaths’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/canadian-euthanasia-regime-guilty-of-rushing-people-to-their-deaths/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Medics who helped to implement Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme warn that too many people are being euthanised “without the opportunity for careful reflection”.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian care homes denied euthanasia conscience protections in Zurich</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-care-homes-denied-euthanasia-conscience-protections-in-zurich/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Christian care homes in the Swiss city of Zurich will no longer be afforded conscience protections from offering euthanasia on their premises.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia for depressed Canadians put on indefinite pause</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/euthanasia-for-depressed-canadians-put-on-indefinite-pause/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Canada has indefinitely paused its plans to expand euthanasia to physically healthy people with mental health problems.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pope cautions France against pursuing ‘culture of death’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/pope-cautions-france-against-pursuing-culture-of-death/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV has warned the French President against viewing assisted suicide and euthanasia as a solution to human suffering.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Mum wasn’t dying’: Daughter slams euthanasia &#039;safeguards&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/mum-wasnt-dying-daughter-slams-euthanasia-safeguards/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A daughter has warned that so-called safeguards under Canada&#8217;s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) regime are woefully inadequate after her mother was euthanised.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Person dies by taking deceased partner&#039;s unused assisted suicide drugs</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/person-dies-by-taking-deceased-partners-unused-assisted-suicide-drugs/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A person has killed themselves using assisted suicide drugs originally prescribed for their partner, a report in the Australian state of Victoria has revealed.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disabled toddler&#039;s euthanasia was &#039;reasonable&#039;, Netherlands claims</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disabled-toddlers-euthanasia-was-reasonable-netherlands-claims/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A two-year-old child with disabilities has been euthanised in the Netherlands, in a case that a committee determined was &#8216;handled well&#8217;.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia &#039;case reports&#039; in Canadian province riddled with errors</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/euthanasia-case-reports-in-canadian-province-riddled-with-errors/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[British Columbia (BC) has documented nearly three thousand errors in the administration of its euthanasia programme in 2024.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Medics push for ‘death by organ donation’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/medics-push-for-death-by-organ-donation/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Patients approved for euthanasia should be allowed to ask doctors to kill them by removing their organs, North American academics have argued.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Canadian Govt advised to abandon plans to euthanise people with mental illness</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/canadian-govt-advised-to-abandon-plans-to-euthanise-people-with-mental-illness/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[People should not be allowed to ask for help to die on the grounds of mental illness alone, a Canadian parliamentary committee has concluded.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>RC Bishops mark ‘sobering anniversary’ of Canada’s euthanasia regime</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/rc-bishops-mark-sobering-anniversary-of-canadas-euthanasia-regime/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged “renewed concern” for life in defiance of the nation’s decade-long ‘programme of death’.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Alberta curbs national euthanasia expansion</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/alberta-curbs-national-euthanasia-expansion/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Alberta has shored up protections for the vulnerable as Canada’s euthanasia scheme looks at further expansions.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Elderly man offered euthanasia twice following hip fracture</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/elderly-man-offered-euthanasia-twice-following-hip-fracture/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A 79-year-old man in Canada has told of his shock at being offered euthanasia twice, while recovering from a hip fracture in hospital.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Psychiatrist issues &#039;suicide contagion&#039; warning over euthanasia expansion</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/psychiatrist-issues-suicide-contagion-warning-over-euthanasia-expansion/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A psychiatrist has warned of a social contagion of death as Canada considers euthanasia for mental health conditions.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Australian state-sanctioned suicides up by almost a half</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/australian-state-sanctioned-suicides-up-by-almost-a-half/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Deaths under ‘voluntary assisted dying’ (VAD) laws in Australia increased by 48 per cent last year, it has been estimated.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Elderly woman offered death before care in Canada</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/elderly-woman-offered-death-before-care-in-canada/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An 84-year-old woman was offered euthanasia as a first option in a Canadian A&amp;E.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Alberta backtracks on euthanasia expansions</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/alberta-backtracks-on-euthanasia-expansions/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Canadian politicians have proposed new legislation to reduce access to euthanasia.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia responsible for 4 per cent of Belgium&#039;s deaths in 2025</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/euthanasia-responsible-for-4-per-cent-of-belgiums-deaths-in-2025/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Four per cent of deaths in Belgium resulted from euthanasia last year, official statistics show.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Autistic teen overwhelmed with depression is euthanised</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/autistic-teen-overwhelmed-with-depression-is-euthanised/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Dutch autistic teenager who attempted to commit suicide has undergone euthanasia at the hands of medics in the Netherlands, it has been revealed.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Woman fast-tracked for euthanasia after husband’s &#039;caregiver burnout&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A woman in her 80s whose husband had ‘caregiver burnout’ was fast-tracked for euthanasia, causing experts to raise concerns about coercion.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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