A Japanese professor at Yale floats the idea of mass suicide for the elderly
With a fertility rate of about 1.3 children per woman and a third of the population over 65, it seems inevitable that some Japanese should...
Seeking an ethical way to support pro-abortion doctors in anti-abortion states
The landscape of conscientious objection has changed. Back in 2006, when abortion was legal across the United States in the decades after Roe v. Wade,...
Belgian child of anonymous sperm donor wins landmark case
For the first time, a Belgian born of anonymous sperm donation has won damages in a lawsuit brought against his mother’s doctor. The unnamed man...
Colombian euthanasia cases rise steeply
Although its legal status is murky, cases of euthanasia have been rising steadily in Colombia of the past 7 years. According to the right-to-die group...
Swiss assisted suicide groups reports rise in deaths
Switzerland has several assisted suicide societies. One of the principal one is Exit Deutsche Schweiz, which caters for German-speaking Swiss citizens. Last year, 1,125 people...
Call for Australian sperm donor registry to prevent incest
A lobby group for Australian donor-conceived children has called for a national database to track donors to prevent accidental incest. More and more women are...
New frontiers in organ donation: from DDR to ODE to LVOD
After Organ Donor Euthanasia (ODE), what’s next? Living vital organ donation (LVOD) – giving your heart away even though you aren’t ill or dying. Apologies...
Terrifying account of transgender clinic in American clinic by whistleblower
Rachel Levine is an assistant secretary at the US Department of Health and Human Services and the most senior transgender official in the Biden Administration....
Judicial ping-pong leaves Portugal without a right-to-die law
For the second time Portugal’s Constitutional Court has rejected a right-to-die law because its wording is “intolerably vague”. The bill has been returned to Parliament...
Baby steps for ‘death tourism’ in Oregon
A “death tourism” industry is taking off in Oregon, claims the Daily Mail. It says that Dr Nicholas Gideonse, the director of End of Life...
A divorce for the end-of-life dream team
Compassion & Choices and the Alzheimer’s Association have parted ways after a partnership which lasted only a few weeks. On December 21 Compassion & Choices,...
‘Your ChatGPT advance directive is ready for signing …’
I couldn’t help thinking of the trash talk at the weigh-in before a professional heavyweight fight when I read the recent JAMA Network editorial on...