Should intractable mental illness make you eligible for euthanasia?
Canada is in the middle of a vigorous debate about whether incurable mental illness is grounds for Medical Assistance in Dying. This has been approved...
Belgian euthanasia chief explains 10% rise
Why are more people resorting to euthanasia in Belgium? The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in...
Making Victorian euthanasia easier
The first legal euthanasia in the Australian state of Victoria took place on July 15, 2019. Almost four years later, supporters are calling for some...
A Swiss first: prisoner assisted suicide
In a first for Switzerland, an inmate of a prison has ended his life with the help of an assisted suicide organisation, Exit. The male...
Belgian women euthanised for extreme psychological suffering
Wherever euthanasia is debated, the clincher argument is that it will spare a patient agonising pain in a terminal illness. But as these cases from...
Why are Canadian euthanasia deaths so high?
Euthanasia deaths in Canada have shot upwards. In 2015 there were none; in 2021, the last full year for which there are statistics, there were 10,064....
Belgium euthanasia deaths rise by nearly 10%
The number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium rose by 9.85% over the previous year in 2022, according to figures published on February 17 by...
Canada moves toward euthanasia for children
Canada is moving rapidly towards an even more permissive euthanasia regime. A report by the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying to Parliament...
A Japanese professor at Yale floats the idea of mass suicide for the elderly
With a fertility rate of about 1.3 children per woman and a third of the population over 65, it seems inevitable that some Japanese should...
Being declared dead when you’re still alive – why these very rare events occur
Stephen Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University An 82-year-old woman who was recently pronounced dead at a New York nursing home was later...
Colombian euthanasia cases rise steeply
Although its legal status is murky, cases of euthanasia have been rising steadily in Colombia of the past 7 years. According to the right-to-die group...
Swiss assisted suicide groups reports rise in deaths
Switzerland has several assisted suicide societies. One of the principal one is Exit Deutsche Schweiz, which caters for German-speaking Swiss citizens. Last year, 1,125 people...