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October 5, 2025
Suspended prison sentences sought against French assisted suicide activists
On Thursday in France, the public prosecutor sought up to 18 months’ suspended prison sentences in the trial of 12 assisted dying activists, refocusing a hearing which had turned into a platform for assisted suicide, on the facts of barbiturate trafficking. Members of Ultime Liberté face justice: the end-of-life debate comes to court Aged between […]
September 28, 2025
Dutch Appeal for End of Life Rights to be Heard in the Hague
On Monday 6 October, the Dutch Appeals Court in the Hague will hear the appeal of CLW (Last Will Cooperation) to the Dutch state’s refusal to recognise end of life self-determination for elderly people who are not sick and who do not qualify for existing Dutch euthanasia law. This appeal follows the rulings of the […]
September 16, 2025
Exit Statement
Exit is very saddened and disappointed by the recent charges brought against former Exit Gold Coast volunteer Elaine Arch-Rowe. ‘Elaine was well known and loved among Exit’s elderly members. With her late husband Peter, she was always only too willing to speak publicly about older Australians’ right to self-determination at the end of life’ said […]
August 27, 2025
Medical Aid in Dying Act extensively reviewed
As Gov. Hochul considers whether to sign the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Act, it’s vital that New Yorkers understand what the bill does and does not do, reports Kathleen Sweet. As president of the New York State Bar Association and a member of NYSBA’s Task Force that spent months reviewing the legal, ethical, public […]
August 20, 2025
‘Shocking and unlawful’: Pegasos upsets Nunningen & the canton of Solothurn
‘Shocking and unlawful’: euthanasia organisation Pegasos upsets Nunningen and the canton of Solothurn reports Dimitri Hofer. The euthanasia organisation Pegasos has been operating in Nunningen for a year and a half. The company has not submitted the necessary application to change the use of the premises – and is taking the matter to court. Since […]
August 17, 2025
Sweet Death Wins Film Festival
The new film ‘Sweet Death’ has won 1st prize in the feature documentary category at the 2025 Ierapetra International Film Festival. Director: Analeine Cal y Mayor Executive Producer: Viggo Mortensen The documentary (which began filming in 2015) follows Kathy from Eastbourne in the UK (then aged 81 years) as she travels to Tijuana in search […]
August 10, 2025
Exit Signs Partnership with CLW in Netherlands
For many years now, Exit International (based in Australia but operating internationally) and Cooperatie Laatste Wil – known as CLW or ‘Last Will Cooperation’ – in the Netherlands have spearheaded the global, self-help approach to a good death. This month the two organisations have signed a MoU (memorandum of understanding) to work together on promoting […]
August 6, 2025
Family Horror as Pegasos Sends WhatsApp saying Mum, 58, is Dead
TRAGIC MUM Family horror as suicide clinic ‘sends them WhatsApp saying their mum, 58, is dead and her ashes are in the post’ Maureen Slough’s family say their beloved mum had been battling mental illness for a long time reports Eliana Nunes. AN IRISH family was left devastated after allegedly receiving a text from a […]
July 20, 2025
New Sarco Goes Into Production
While the Swiss prosecutor ponders his next move in the on-going investigation in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, a new Sarco goes into production in the Netherlands. The ‘Double Dutch’ Sarco is a twin pod, that can be configured to accommodate either one or two people. Elderly couples dying together is a rising trend. Demand […]
July 13, 2025
San Diego Reader Relives the Good O’ Days of Tijuana Nembutal
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original illustrations […]
