May 1, 2022
Exitorial: The Power of the Written Word in the Michelle Carter Case
Exitorial: The Power of the Written Word in the Michelle Carter Case Michelle Carter was only 17 years old, a year younger than her 18 year old boyfriend Conrad Roy, when she wrote sent the text messages that would later frame the rest of her life. ‘Get back in the fucking truck’ she infamously wrote, […]
May 1, 2022
Sarco goes to Poland
The Sarco goes to Poland to feature in a new play that debates end of life rights. It stands on the base, which is connected to the socket with an ordinary charger, like a laptop. Then some elements of the housing begin to glow. At first glance, the whole thing looks like a bobsleigh. Or […]
April 30, 2022
Dutch Mark 20 Years of Euthanasia
Dutch Mark 20 Years of Euthanasia reports Agence France Presse & Voice of America Golden butterflies adorn the walls of the Netherland’s only euthanasia expertise center, put up in remembrance of thousands of patients who have chosen to die with dignity over the past two decades. Situated in a leafy upmarket suburb of The Hague, […]
April 27, 2022
Emmanuel Macron suggests a will and a way on euthanasia
Le Monde reports that Emmanuel Macron suggests a will and a way on euthanasia. The president promised a citizens’ convention on euthanasia and says he favors the Belgian model. His opponent Marine Le Pen does not want to modify the current law. Although it was not a topic broached during the televised debate on Wednesday, […]
April 22, 2022
The 10 strangest artefacts in Australian museums – sorted
The Guardian, Charmaine Manuel
A few months after the pandemic was declared and the cultural life of our cities came to a halt, museum curators around the world started posting their collections on social media in a #curatorbattle started by the Yorkshire Museum. The weekly challenges unearthed #sassiestobject, #fantasticfakes, #mysteryobjects and even the #bestmuseumbum. But it was really #creepiestobject […]
April 7, 2022
The Girl from Plainville: when texting becomes encouragement
The Girl from Plainville: when texting becomes encouragement tells the story of the suicide in 2014 of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III. The Independent writes that his phone revealed texts from 17-year-old Michelle Carter urging him to take his own life. Eight years on, the victim’s family is worried that new Hulu series ‘The Girl from […]
April 6, 2022
Family threaten legal action against Swiss assisted suicide clinic
Family threaten legal action against Swiss assisted suicide clinic where American woman died Krista Atkins rejected her family’s concerns just before her death by suicide in June 2020. The family of an American woman who died by assisted suicide in Switzerland has threatened to take legal action against the clinic where she died. Krista Atkins, […]
April 3, 2022
Deaths of Arizona Sisters Spark War Over Assisted Suicide
The Daily Beast, Barbie Latza Nadeau
When the friends and family of Lila Ammouri, 54, and Susan Frazier, 49, found out that the Arizona sisters had died by high-priced assisted suicide in Switzerland in early February, emotions ranged from rage to dismay. How could it be that two healthy, affluent health-care professionals—Ammouri a doctor, Frazier a registered nurse—could go to such […]
