The Supreme Court permitted doctors to withdraw life-sustaining treatment for Harish Rana and directed that the process be carried out at AIIMS under medical supervision.
Medical science cannot detect all deficiencies of the fetus or their extent. Can a fetus be destroyed based on conjecture or preponderance of probability? No, medical ethics do not permit that. Only detectable major deficiencies in the fetus that in all probability will cause the baby to die if allowed to be born, are important in decision-making.
She said in her letter that the police deliberately did not arrest any of the accused despite an FIR on October 9 at Puranpur Kotwali police station even after court orders.
Assisted suicide is illegal in most countries and was banned in Australia until Victoria state introduced laws to legalise the practice in 2017.
A philosophical look at the passive euthanasia judgment suggests it won’t be long before we begin pursuing active euthanasia, says Jyotish Chandra Basak.
