{"id":96722,"date":"2026-03-11T09:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/sc-allows-first-ever-passive-euthanasia-how-it-differs-from-active-euthanasia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:37:05","slug":"sc-allows-first-ever-passive-euthanasia-how-it-differs-from-active-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/sc-allows-first-ever-passive-euthanasia-how-it-differs-from-active-euthanasia\/","title":{"rendered":"SC allows first-ever passive euthanasia; how it differs from active euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s Supreme Court has permitted passive euthanasia, reigniting the debate on &#8216;letting die&#8217; versus &#8216;active killing&#8217;. While passive euthanasia involves withdrawing life support, active euthanasia means deliberately ending life. The court&#8217;s ruling in the Harish Rana case underscores the complex ethical and legal considerations in end-of-life care, balancing life preservation with patient autonomy and suffering.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s Supreme Court has permitted passive euthanasia, reigniting the debate on &#8216;letting die&#8217; versus &#8216;active killing&#8217;. While passive euthanasia involves withdrawing life support, active euthanasia means deliberately ending life. The court&#8217;s ruling in the Harish Rana case underscores the complex ethical and legal considerations in end-of-life care, balancing life preservation with patient autonomy and suffering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":96723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}