Assisted suicide now legal in California
Governor Jerry Brown signs controversial bill. Governor Jerry Brown Ten percent of Americans now have access to assisted suicide after Jerry Brown, governor of...
Fears of suicide contagion after victory in California
A study shows that physician-assisted suicide may not reduce the suicide rate. The Werther Effect Will California’s new assisted suicide law actually result in...
Mexican politician suggests lethal injections for the homeless
After apologising she has gone back to the drawing board This belongs in the “ooops, I really shouldn’t have said that” department rather than serious...
Dutch doctor in hot water for refusing to approve euthanasia
Patient subsequently hanged herself. Milou de Moor A Dutch general practitioner is being sued for not approving the euthanasia of a 19-year-old woman. The...
New criteria for Australian heart transplants could be illegal
Parliaments need to alter the definition of death, say doctors Sydney Morning Herald / Eamon Gallagher Two Australian researchers say a new form of...
Euthanasia for unbearable mental suffering in Belgium
Euthanasia in Belgium is an increasingly popular subject for documentaries. The latest comes from Dateline, a program of Australia’s SBS network. (See the video below)....
Seeking eternal life in a freezer
New York Times revives interest in cryonics. The New York Times recently highlighted teary story of a young woman with a terminal brain cancer who...
“Unbearable suffering” questioned in documentary on Belgian euthanasia
85-year-old woman euthanised for grief before the camera. This documentary from the Australian SBS network is one of the best on Belgian euthanasia that I...
Fate of assisted suicide in California hinges on Governor
The idiosyncratic Jerry Brown is mulling over whether or not to veto a bill. It is up to one man to decide whether California, America’s...
Assisted dying sinks in UK Parliament by 3-1 margin
Brilliant speeches in passionate debate A private member’s bill to legalise assisted suicide has been defeated in the British House of Commons by a crushing...
Children contest will of Nitschke follower
Disinherited in favour of euthanasia activistThe late William Kent (Bill) O’Brien A healthy 89-year-old Australian man has committed suicide under the inspiration of Philip...
Scores of depressed patients euthanised in Belgium
A new study claims that vague terminology in Belgium’s assisted dying guidelines is allowing for scores of psychiatric patients to be euthanised. A new study...
