Oregon removes residency requirement for assisted suicide
Oregon, the first American state to permit assisted suicide, has abandoned a key safeguard in its ground-breaking legislation. The 1997 Death With Dignity Act stipulates...
Italy on the brink of legalising assisted suicide
Italy has moved closer to the legalisation of assisted suicide. The lower house of parliament voted for a new law -- by 253 votes to...
Oregon’s ‘death with dignity’ stats need to be examined
Oregon was the first American state to pass a right-to-die, back in 1996. Since then, its legislation has become a template for assisted suicide legislation...
‘Happy and healthy’ American sisters die in Swiss suicide clinic
Two middle-aged American sisters died in a Swiss suicide clinic in Basel, on February 11. Lila Ammouri, a 54-year-old palliative care doctor, and Susan Frazier,...
Is anorexia nervosa a good reason for assisted suicide? An eating disorders doctor says Yes
A leading eating disorder specialist has proposed that patients with anorexia nervosa should be allowed access to assisted suicide. Dr Jennifer Gaudiani, a Denver-based physician,...
Paradoxes of assisted suicide in Germany
The status of assisted suicide in Germany is paradoxical: you have a right to assisted suicide but you do not have a right to acquire...
Austria legalises assisted suicide
As of New Year’s Day assisted suicide became legal in Austria. A ruling from the Supreme Court had declared that the former ban was unconstitutional...
Meet the Tesla of assisted suicide: Sarco
With Christmas just around the corner, the perennial question is, what do you get for the man who has everything? How about a do-it-yourself 3D...
A novel Swiss solution for reputational damage over ‘death tourism’
The LifeCircle association in Switzerland is deeply unhappy about the country’s reputation for death tourism. People come from all over the world to take advantage...