Newspaper Media
October 1, 2023
Widower suicide spurs euthanasia drug worry
The Australian newspaper reports that a ‘Widower suicide spurs euthanasia drug worry’. Voluntary assisted dying advocates insist euthanasia drugs should continue to be dispensed to dying people at home despite an elderly Queensland widower taking the lethal substance meant for his terminally ill wife. In the first suspected abuse of a VAD scheme in Australia, […]
July 30, 2023
Dr Death and his search for the best way to die
De Volkskrant, by Maud Effting & Haro Kraak
Dr. Death and his search for the best way to die writes Maud Effting and Haro Kraak in de Volkskrant, NL As founder of Exit International, Philip Nitschke fights for access to information about a soft, self- chosen death. “I think every adult with common sense is entitled to that.” On his idyllic houseboat near […]
May 1, 2022
Sarco goes to Poland
The Sarco goes to Poland to feature in a new play that debates end of life rights. It stands on the base, which is connected to the socket with an ordinary charger, like a laptop. Then some elements of the housing begin to glow. At first glance, the whole thing looks like a bobsleigh. Or […]
April 27, 2022
Emmanuel Macron suggests a will and a way on euthanasia
Le Monde reports that Emmanuel Macron suggests a will and a way on euthanasia. The president promised a citizens’ convention on euthanasia and says he favors the Belgian model. His opponent Marine Le Pen does not want to modify the current law. Although it was not a topic broached during the televised debate on Wednesday, […]
April 6, 2022
Family threaten legal action against Swiss assisted suicide clinic
Family threaten legal action against Swiss assisted suicide clinic where American woman died Krista Atkins rejected her family’s concerns just before her death by suicide in June 2020. The family of an American woman who died by assisted suicide in Switzerland has threatened to take legal action against the clinic where she died. Krista Atkins, […]
March 29, 2022
Arizona sisters who died by assisted suicide in Switzerland were ‘tired of life’
The Arizona sisters who died by assisted suicide in Switzerland were ‘tired of life’ reports The Independent. Sisters Lila Ammouri and Susan Frazier decided to end their lives at a Swiss assisted dying clinic after becoming “tired of life”, according to an advocate who was advising them. Dr Ammouri, a palliative care doctor aged 54, […]
