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July 21, 2025
New York weighs a Decision on Medical Aid in Dying
By MAYA KAUFMAN and KATELYN CORDERO for Polltico New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing a political tripwire as she weighs the future of a decade-old bill that would allow terminally ill people to obtain life-ending medication. The bill would make New York the 12th state in the country to legalize medical aid in dying. […]
July 18, 2025
Slovenia Chooses the Medical Model
Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries giving terminally-ill adults the right to end their lives if they face unbearable suffering with no expectation of improvement reports Reuters (Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic & Alexandra Hudson). Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are among the countries to […]
July 5, 2025
White House accuses Britain of ‘state-sponsored suicide’
White House accuses Britain of ‘state-sponsored suicide’ as Donald Trump wades in on assisted dying ‘surrender’ reports Ed Griffiths. The White House has launched a scathing attack on Britain over Parliament’s support for assisted dying legislation, with the US state department condemning it as “state-sponsored suicide”. The US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour […]
June 24, 2025
Inside Germany’s approach to assisted dying
Fast-track suicide if you pay extra, discount deals for couples. Inside Germany’s approach to assisted dying where business is booming for the pedlars of euthanasia reports the Daily Mail UK Last week, the UK’s highest elected officials ruled on the most existential of questions: how we choose to die. At its third reading, the Assisted […]
June 20, 2025
MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales
MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales reports the BBC. Even if passed by the House of Lords, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of life) Bill will not become law for at least another 4 years … The bill will now face many more months [and years] of debate and scrutiny by […]
June 17, 2025
Solothurn Municipality of Nunningen shuts down Pegasos Swiss Association
Solothurn Municipality of Nunningen shuts down Pegasos Swiss Association according to Swiss newspaper, Blick. The [president of] Pegasos association [Ruedi Habegger], which specialises in assisted suicide, has never received permission to build for its activities in Nunningen. This is the conclusion reached by the public works department of the canton of Solothurn. For the past […]
June 14, 2025
How often can you perform euthanasia and still remain ethical?
Interview with Bert Keizer – one of the Netherland’s most outspoken & experienced euthanasia doctors. There is considerable consensus about quantity in medicine. If you go to hospital for an operation, you want to know that the doctor who is going to perform it is competent. Nobody wants to be operated on by a doctor […]
June 8, 2025
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody in Schaffhausen?
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody for too long in Schaffhausen? Euthanasia assistant Florian Willet helped a woman take her own life using a suicide capsule, came under the scrutiny of the Schaffhausen criminal justice system – and then chose to take his own life. Now, documents are raising new […]
June 6, 2025
Euthanasia Advocate Dies in Germany
Dr. Florian Willet had been under investigation in Switzerland after being present when an American woman died using a so-called suicide pod. Florian Willet, a euthanasia advocate who was detained by Swiss authorities last year after being present when an American woman ended her life using a chamber-like device, has died. Mr. Willet’s death was […]
May 31, 2025
The kill switch for dementia sufferers
Inventor behind the suicide Sarco pod reveals plans for implant that will automatically kill patients when their condition worsens by ELENA SALVONI The inventor of the Sarco suicide pod is building a ‘kill switch’ implant which could allow dementia sufferers to seal the time of their death years in advance. Dr Philip Nitschke, whose controversial […]
