Death from the skies
Nitschke wants to use drones to deliver euthanasia. The data is sketchy, but drones authorized by President Obama have killed about 100 civilians and about...
Netherlands offers euthanasia for alcoholics
Dutch journalist writes book about the death of his brother The ever-expanding circle of eligibility for euthanasia now includes alcoholism. Writing in the Dutch magazine...
Assisted suicide narrowly defeated in South Australia
Vote was watched around the world Assisted suicide was defeated by the narrowest of margins in the state of South Australia this week – for...
Dying British teenager won right to be cryogenically preserved
Terminally ill, she wins right to try to live again A 14-year-old British girl who was dying of cancer won a court battle last month...
California prepares for assisted suicide of patients in mental hospitals
Regulations to new law could allow suicidal patients to commit suicide California’s new End of Life Option Act, which permits assisted suicide, has some disturbing...
Quebec euthanasia deaths soar to three times expected figure
Even the province's health minister is surprisedPhil Carpenter / Montreal Gazette Almost three times the number forecast have died through euthanasia or assisted suicide...
Steep increase in Swiss assisted suicide
But the practice is still controversial The latest government statistics for assisted suicides in Switzerland reveal a 26% increase over the previous year. Most of...
Fighting over Brittany’s legacy
Husband and mother at loggerheads over her story in the media. Brittany Maynard's mother, Deborah Ziegler, and her husband, Dan Diaz, at a memorial service...
A woman on borrowed time opposes California’s assisted suicide
Stephanie Packer found that a lethal barbiturate was less expensive than the drugs she needed Stephanie Packer is a 33-year-old Californian woman with a terminal...
Words matter in assisted suicide
UK society changes its name Another euthanasia lobby group has rebranded itself. SOARS, The Society for Old Age Rational Suicide, a lobby group based in...
Dutch will probably legalise assisted dying for people tired of living
New law required The Dutch government plans to create a new end-of-life law for elderly people who are tired of living. Health Minister Edith Schippers...
Could it become too expensive to ask for assisted suicide?
Price of lethal drug soars in Washington state Assisted suicide and euthanasia take patients, doctors and society at large into uncharted territory. But in the...