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February 24, 2025
Swiss politicians consider tightening legal framework of assisted suicide
After the use of the Sarco capsule in the canton of Schaffhausen, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States decided to hold hearings. It could tighten up the law. That was five months ago in the canton of Schaffhausen. An American woman supported by a suicide assistance association little known in Switzerland ended […]
February 23, 2025
Social Workers to sit on UK Assisted Dying Panels
by Mithran Samuel Social workers would sit on three-person panels set up to review adults’ requests for assisted dying under a proposed amendment to the bill to legalise the practice. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, sponsor of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, has proposed that the panels – which would also comprise a […]
February 17, 2025
Tuscany approves assisted suicide for people with incurable illnesses
Tuscany becomes Italy’s first region to approve assisted suicide for people with incurable illnesses Tuscany has approved a bill regulating medically assisted suicide, becoming Italy’s first region to enact a right-to-die law. The law requires a medical and ethics commission to consider an end-of-life request for no more than 30 days. If approved, the regional […]
February 16, 2025
Arkansas introduces bill to allow nitrogen gas executions
February 14, 2025 by Josh Snyder A bill filed in Arkansas on Friday that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions has state Attorney General Tim Griffin’s approval, although the United Nations has warned the method “may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.” House Bill 1489, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, […]
February 14, 2025
New Blog: When your AI Chatbot Girlfriend Talks Suicide
Exit goes to great lengths to ensure that the sensitive information contained in the Peaceful Pill eHandbook is safeguarded from the vulnerable. Indeed, every subscription requires video ID as a standard part of the subscription process. So you can imagine our surprise when we heard that AI Chatbots are now having conversations with their clients […]
February 9, 2025
Republican led Montana Moves to Shelve its Assisted Dying Law
Darrell Ehrlick reports: Currently, physician-assisted aid in dying in Montana occupies a legal grey area. A 2009 Montana Supreme Court ruling said a physician can raise a defense in a homicide case, saying that a patient consented and sought out the drugs, but the high court said it was ultimately up to the Legislature to […]
