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...
7 Spaniards who were euthanised last year donated their organs
Well, well, well, that didn’t take long, did it? Spain legalised euthanasia on June 25 last year and already transplant surgeons are using organs from...
Noted US journalist George Will backs ‘assisted dying’
80-year-old George Will has won a succession of awards for his op-ed, beginning with a 1977 Pulitzer Prize. He is generally regarded as one of...
Don’t prisoners deserve ‘assisted dying’, too?
If assisted suicide is legal, it seems obvious that there should be equality of access. Even for prisoners? This is the question that Swiss bioethicist...
Irish psychiatrists’ oppose ‘Dying with Dignity’ bill
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland has warned that physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia (PAS-E) is not compatible with good medical care and that its introduction in Ireland...
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...
If you want assisted suicide in Germany, first you must get vaxxed
Promoters of "voluntary assisted dying" often seem to be lacking a gene for irony. Take the Australian activist, Dr Philip Nitschke, and his attempt to...
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...
‘Quick and painless death’: easier said than done
‘Quick and painless’ is a great slogan but it’s hard to achieve.
Protracted ‘assisted dying’ in Colorado
Assisted dying was not the kind of farewell that she had imagined for her husband. She felt “numb, in shock, stressed.”
House of Lords debates assisted suicide—again
Baroness Meacher / screenshot GBNews Once again, the House of Lords in the UK is debating a bill to legalise assisted suicide. Lord Joffe introduced...