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February 14, 2022
Dutch High Court Allows Euthanasia for Dementia Patients
Dutch High Court Allows Euthanasia for Dementia Patients The Netherlands Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a landmark euthanasia ruling in the case of a doctor charged with murder for performing euthanasia on a patient with severe dementia. THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — The Netherlands Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a landmark euthanasia ruling in the […]
January 8, 2022
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow weighs in on the ‘Sarco’ suicide capsule
Israel National News, Shimon Cohen
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow weighs in on the ‘Sarco’ suicide capsule. The 3D printed ‘Sarco’ suicide capsule was developed by Australian company Exit International in 2017, and had two prototypes available across Europe. A third prototype is currently being produced in the Netherlands. It has now passed legal review in Switzerland and will be permitted for […]
December 16, 2021
A 3-D Printed Pod Inflames the Assisted Suicide Debate
A 3-D Printed Pod Inflames the Assisted Suicide Debate The pod, known as Sarco, was conceived as a way for people to end their lives without involving a doctor. A plan to introduce it in Switzerland has raised alarm even among right-to-die advocates. For years, a sleek, pod-shaped suicide machine called Sarco has been a […]
December 11, 2021
Sarco aims to take assisted dying out of doctors’ hands
A 3D-printed “suicide capsule” Sarco aims to take assisted dying out of doctors’ hands with AI & 3D printing reports Euronews Next. Sarco has passed a legal review in Switzerland, potentially clearing the way for the technology to be put into use in the country’s legal assisted suicide clinics. The Sarco capsule’s creator, Dr. Philip […]
December 4, 2021
Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland
According to Swiss law experts, the Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland. A 3D-printed capsule, destined for use in assisted suicide, may legally be operated in Switzerland, according to advice obtained by Exit International, the organisation that developed the ‘Sarco’ machine. Some 1,300 people died by assisted suicide in Switzerland in 2020 using […]
December 3, 2021
Eyewitnesses on self-inflicted death with Middel X
Doctors doubt whether the suicide powder Middel X leads to a humane death. De Volkskrant spoke to eyewitnesses of the final hours of six people who wanted to end their lives with it. They recount in detail what they saw happen’ by Maud Effting and Haro Kraak, 3 December 2021, 17:37 PETER – pacer does […]
November 7, 2021
Convicted euthanasia advocate Susan Austen ‘thrilled’
She’s got four grandchildren with a fifth on the way, a loving husband, and a conviction for importing lethal drugs – Suzy Austen is a little different to your typical grandmother but as a convicted euthanasia advocate Susan Austen ‘thrilled’ by End of Life Choice Bill The 70-year-old Lower Hutt woman has spent the last […]
November 6, 2021
Portugal’s parliament approves revised bill
Euronews reports that Portugal’s parliament approves revised bill legalising euthanasia for terminally ill and seriously injured people. The legislation still requires the signature of Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to become law, and he is known to have deep reservations. If he signs the second version of the bill, Portugal would become one of […]
October 24, 2021
Austria’s Proposed Law Disses On its Constitutional Court Ruling
Despite the country’s highest court asserting that the right to die well is a fundamental human right, Austria’s Proposed Law Disses On its Constitutional Court Ruling. Agence France Presse have report that Austria’s government on Saturday set out its plans for legalizing assisted suicide from 2022 in response to a court ruling which found that […]
October 24, 2021
Terminally Ill Brits are One Step Closer
The Mirror reports that terminally ill Brits are one step closer to obtaining their wish for assistance in dying as a highly-disputed bill has passed its first hurdle in the House of Lords. The second reading of the Assisted Dying Bill, was unopposed in the Lords, and is set to be scrutinised by a committee. […]
