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September 2, 2024
The Room Next Door Finds Joy as It Stares Down Death
For those who have been following his career from the start, the idea of Pedro Almodóvar’s growing older—and increasingly using his films to reflect on illness and death, or at least just the inevitable slowdown that comes for most of us—is a bitter pill writes Stephanie Zacharek None of us relishes thinking about our own […]
July 30, 2024
Suicide pod death called off at last minute
Suicide pod death called off at last minute as first person was set to die in machine A woman from the US, in her 50s, was scheduled to be the first person to use the Sarco pod The creator of a controversial ‘suicide pod’ which claims to painlessly end the life of the occupant at […]
July 21, 2024
“Press Button To Die” Switzerland To Soon Use Portable Suicide Pods
The person wishing to die must first pass a psychiatric assessment of their mental capacity. Zurich, Switzerland An assisted dying group expects a portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, providing death without medical supervision, it said Wednesday. The space-age-looking Sarco capsule, first unveiled in 2019, replaces […]
July 5, 2024
Canberrans want Good Deaths Regardless of State of Health
ACT citizens should congratulate Minister Tara Cheyne MLA and the ACT Legislative Assembly for passing the ACT’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024 in June 2024. It is a monumental achievement to achieve the most progressive voluntary assisted dying (VAD) law in Australia at the first attempt. It will give many Canberrans peace of mind knowing […]
June 16, 2024
Hungary’s refusal does not violate human rights
Hungary refusal of medically assisted death does not violate human rights writes Salma Ben Mariem in The Jurist. The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Hungarian authorities’ refusal of a citizen’s request to end his life by physician-assisted death doesn’t violate the European Convention on Human Rights. The case started with Daniel Karsai’s […]
May 26, 2024
Physically healthy woman, 28, dies by euthanasia over ‘crippling depression’
A physically fit woman has tragically ended her life through scheduled euthanasia due to severe depression. Zoraya ter Beek, 28, resided in a quaint village in the Netherlands near the German border and chose to end her life via assisted suicide. Zoraya, who lived with her partner and two cats, opened up to local Dutch […]
