March 20, 2025
Insurance & Assisted Suicide
As the UK looks ahead to a major change in the concept of ‘end of life’, the insurance industry has about 2 and a half years to prepare itself writes Meg Bratley. Eleos, a fully digital provider of life insurance, considers what that means. On 29th November 2024 the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) […]
March 9, 2025
Ohio to Halt Public Funding for Death Penalty, Astd Suicide & Abortion
Ohio Lawmakers Debate Bill to Halt State Funding for Death Penalty, Assisted Suicide, and Abortion By Landon Fisher The State of Ohio is witnessing the process of potentially significant policy reform as members of the Ohio House have begun deliberations on a bill that, if passed, would stop any state funds from being used directly […]
March 2, 2025
The Last Resort – New Swedish TV Series on Assisted Suicide
Last month, a new 4-part series was screened on Swedish TV, titled ‘The Last Resort’ (‘Sista Hjalpen’ in Swedish). The director/ journalist is well known Swedish presenter, Anna Lindman. Unfortunately, at this stage, the series is only available in Swedish. But below is the synopsis in English. What is important about the series, as far […]
March 1, 2025
Russian Language Podcast
If you speak Russian then you are in luck as you can tune in to a new 2-part podcast interview with Exit Founder, Dr Philip Nitschke. In the podcast, Philip discusses his almost 30-years of working in the right to die movement in Australia and the Netherlands. He speaks at length about how he came […]
February 24, 2025
Swiss politicians consider tightening legal framework of assisted suicide
After the use of the Sarco capsule in the canton of Schaffhausen, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States decided to hold hearings. It could tighten up the law. That was five months ago in the canton of Schaffhausen. An American woman supported by a suicide assistance association little known in Switzerland ended […]
February 23, 2025
Social Workers to sit on UK Assisted Dying Panels
by Mithran Samuel Social workers would sit on three-person panels set up to review adults’ requests for assisted dying under a proposed amendment to the bill to legalise the practice. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, sponsor of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, has proposed that the panels – which would also comprise a […]
February 17, 2025
Tuscany approves assisted suicide for people with incurable illnesses
Tuscany becomes Italy’s first region to approve assisted suicide for people with incurable illnesses Tuscany has approved a bill regulating medically assisted suicide, becoming Italy’s first region to enact a right-to-die law. The law requires a medical and ethics commission to consider an end-of-life request for no more than 30 days. If approved, the regional […]
February 16, 2025
Arkansas introduces bill to allow nitrogen gas executions
February 14, 2025 by Josh Snyder A bill filed in Arkansas on Friday that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions has state Attorney General Tim Griffin’s approval, although the United Nations has warned the method “may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.” House Bill 1489, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, […]
