Death still a taboo subject among Brits
Death is still a taboo subject in Britain, new research by the Dying Matters Coalition suggests. Death is still a taboo subject in Britain, new...
Top fertility doc says London IVF clinics are “cashing in” by overcharging patients
IVF pioneer Lord Robert Winston has spoken out against IVF clinics that he believes are “cashing in” by overcharging patients who are storing frozen embryos.IVF...
Terminally ill could get right to hasten death under law approved by Spanish government
The Spanish government has approved a law that allows terminally ill patients to discontinue medical treatment even if it hastens their deaths. The Spanish government...
Zurich voters reject “suicide tourism” ban
Zurich residents have voted to continue to allow assisted suicide for non-residents despite a campaign to ban so-called suicide tourism. Zurich residents have voted to...
Judge sentences former nurse who helped people kill themselves
William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, the former nurse who encouraged the suicides of two people on internet chat rooms, was sentenced last week to 360 days in...
Suicide drugs could become available over the counter in UK if euthanasia laws are changed
Suicide drugs could become available from pharmacists if assisted suicide is legalised, two of the UK’s most highly regarded legal and medical experts have said.Suicide...
Europe’s biggest stem cell clinic shut down after baby’s death
In a case which is a veritable cocktail of bioethical issues, Europe’s biggest stem cell clinic has been shut down.In a case which is a...
Germany to start paying families to use IVF to reverse shrinking birthrate
Germany is on the verge of providing a curious solution for its sharply declining birthrate: paying couples to have IVF treatment.Germany is on the verge...
Academics claim that calling animals ‘pets’ is insulting
In what may seem a slightly hysterical semantic move, leading academics have claimed that animal lovers should stop calling their domestic animals ‘pets’, because the...
Court lets US continue funding embryonic stem cell study
After a long, complex series of legal battles, US government funding for research on human embryonic stem cells can resume, at least for the time...
Results of trial of Final Exit Network volunteers
It is not illegal to commit suicide in Arizona, but helping someone else to commit suicide is. So a Maricopa County Superior Court jury had...
91-year-old woman sells suicide kits
It came in a simple white box decorated with a butterfly.It came in a simple white box decorated with a butterfly. Nicholas Klonoski, 29, ended...