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May 26, 2024

Physically healthy woman, 28, dies by euthanasia over ‘crippling depression’

The Mirror

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 […]

May 12, 2024

Dutch Court Prosecution is Blamed for the Death of Loek de L.

This obituary was originally published in the newsletter of Cooperation Last Will organisation in the Netherlands. The author is Hans Peltenburg. Seven members of this group are currently being prosecuted for supplying sodium azide amongst themselves to their members. One of those being prosecuted was Loek de L. So now there are six… Loek died […]

April 7, 2024

Cooperation Last Will Members’ Trial Begins 8 April

From the CLW Website: From 8 April, the fight for the right to a humane, self-determined end of life moves to the courtroom.  This is a great opportunity to wake up politics, legislation and the rule of law that self-determination should not be a criminal offence. We should make it a right, not a court […]

March 17, 2024

Leading Scots Solicitor ends life in CH after long illness

Daily Record

One of Scotland’s leading solicitors has ended his own life in a Swiss clinic after a long illness. Exit Member, Bruce De Wert, who was suffering from a severe form of Multiple Sclerosis travelled from Scotland to Basel in Switzerland last month. The 69-year-old undertook the journey on his own having informed his family, including […]

March 15, 2024

Dutch Doctors Association Reject Completed Life Bill

Exit News

In November 2023, the Dutch political party D66 submitted an amended ‘Completed Life’ (Voltooid Leven) bill to the Dutch Parliament. Responding to criticism, they tightened the eligibility criteria by mandating that people ‘aged 75 and older who feel that their life is complete and therefore want to end it with help at a time of […]

February 26, 2024

Canada’s assisted dying laws in spotlight as expansion paused again

The Guardian

Canada’s assisted dying laws in spotlight as expansion paused again Canada has one of the highest rates of euthanasia in the world, with 4.1% of deaths aided by doctors, but moves to make it more accessible are being questioned. When Canada’s justice minister announced plans to legalise medically assisted dying nearly a decade ago, she […]