Queensland man jailed over assisted suicide
A Queensland man has become the first to be sentenced to a full-time jail term for assisting a suicide. Merin Nielson, 50, received a six-month...
Georgia Supreme Court strikes quashes assisted-suicide law
The Georgia Supreme Court has struck down a central provision of a state law that criminalised some assisted suicides because it breaches free speech rights....
Mobile euthanasia squads launched in the Netherlands
Six euthanasia flying squads of a doctor and a nurse will begin making house calls in the Netherlands on March 1. The teams will visit...
Dutch celebrate a decade of euthanasia with a film festival
The world’s first euthanasia film festival is being held in Amsterdam, sponsored by the Dutch Right to Die lobby (NVVE). This week, from February 6...
French presidential candidate backs euthanasia
The left-wing candidate in the French presidential election has strongly endorsed the legalisation of euthanasia if he is elected. François Hollande, a Socialist, who will...
European assembly slams euthanasia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given a big boost to opponents of legalised euthanasia. This body, which (somewhat confusingly) is...
Is it morally wrong to take a life? Not really, say bioethicists
Is it morally wrong to kill people? Not really, argue two eminent American bioethicists in an early online article in the Journal of Medical Ethics....
Doctors call for a moratorium on donation after cardiac death
Is that rustling in the bushes a deer or my brother? What the hell. We’ll sort it out later… BANG! Most people would regard moral...
Controversial UK commission backs assisted suicide
The UK should legalise assisted suicide, says a report by a private group headed by former lord chancellor Lord Falconer.The UK should legalise assisted suicide,...
We have to try harder, say Belgian euthanasia doctors. We’re only #2
Remember the Avis Rent-a-Car commercials from the 1960s? Maybe not. Anyhow, they tripled the company’s market share with the slogan, “Avis Is Only No. 2,...
UK to study guidelines for doctors who are asked to help in a suicide
The UK body for regulating doctors, the General Medical Council, has announced that it is working on guidelines for telling doctors what they should do...
Is the slippery slope at work in Belgium?
The “slippery slope” is often derided as a logical fallacy. But when one of the leading advocacy groups for euthanasia in Belgium posts an article...