February 9, 2025
Republican led Montana Moves to Shelve its Assisted Dying Law
Darrell Ehrlick reports: Currently, physician-assisted aid in dying in Montana occupies a legal grey area. A 2009 Montana Supreme Court ruling said a physician can raise a defense in a homicide case, saying that a patient consented and sought out the drugs, but the high court said it was ultimately up to the Legislature to […]
February 6, 2025
Alabama conducts nation’s 4th execution using nitrogen gas
An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. CST at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing […]
February 4, 2025
Three-quarters of Dutch open to euthanasia with their partner
A new study has revealed that three-quarters of Dutch individuals with a partner are open to the idea of duo-euthanasia, provided the right circumstances are in place. The survey, conducted by DataIM and DIT, a journalistic platform of the EO, sheds light on the growing interest in this sensitive and controversial practice, even as concerns […]
February 2, 2025
Assisted dying approval should be kept out of Courts
The UK’s former top Judge has warned that assisted dying decisions should be kept out of the courts, suggesting the removal of the clause that requires terminally ill people to get court approval. The Bill could see terminally ill adults in England and Wales with under six months to live legally allowed to end their […]
January 26, 2025
Obituary – Derek Humphry by Philip Nitschke
Philip writes: I knew Derek Humphry for almost 30 years. He was an inspiring and driving force in the modern right to die movement. I was delighted when he accepted an invitation to attend the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (forerunner of Exit) Conference in Broken Hill in outback New South Wales in September 1997. This […]
January 26, 2025
Till death do us part: more people opt for Duo Euthanasia
The number of elderly people who want to die at the same time as their loved one is growing. ‘Duo euthanasia’ is seen by some as the height of romance, but is not always manageable. ‘On the day of the euthanasia, they went for coffee and cake first’ report Gertien Koster and Jos Schuring in […]
January 10, 2025
Willet spent 10 weeks in custody … “Hard to understand” say Lawyers
A Sarco man spent ten weeks in custody on suspicion of strangulation. “Hard to understand”, say lawyers The Schaffhausen public prosecutor’s office is investigating the first death in the death capsule. Research shows that they are taking an unusually tough approach – and are sticking to a dubious theory. Brief overview: • On 23. September […]
January 9, 2025
Assisted suicide as told by the first doctor to administer the lethal voluntary injection
The founder of Exit International, Philip Nitschke, talks about the evolution of the end of life from a political and social point of view. And what changes with technology A revolutionary and visionary, back in the 1990s Australian physicist and former doctor Philip Nitschke was the first in the world to administer the voluntary lethal […]
