Italy’s highest court rules that assisted suicide is permissible
Italy's Constitutional Court ruled this week that assisted suicide is legal if a person is experiencing “intolerable physical and psychological suffering". Anyone who "facilitates the...
Nitschke keeps on pressing those buttons
Now it is live-streamed suicides Philip Nitschke in front of a marquee advertising "A Time to Die", a documentary about his work The ever-controversial Australian...
‘The last frontier in prison reform’: assisted suicide?
Denying inmates the right is ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ Photo by Larry Farr on Unsplash Activist Philip Nitschke once described euthanasia as the “last frontier in prison reform”....
On a mission from FEN: assisted dying outside the law
A common argument for the legalisation of assisted suicide is that it will stop people from helping spouses, relatives and friends to die illegally. It...
Is it possible to wind back euthanasia in Belgium?
In our lead story today we focus on an apparent, and surprising, rift over euthanasia in Belgium. On the one hand the medical association recently...
The other country where euthanasia for children is legal — Colombia
Through a series of court rulings and government regulations Colombia is not a nation that one associates with end-of-life debates, but it is one of...
34 elderly are dead. Why haven’t you read about it?
What may turn out to be one of the biggest crimes in US history is being ignored Abuse of the disabled and elderly is a...
Belgian first: doctors to stand trial for violating euthanasia law
Autistic woman euthanised in 2010 Tine Nys (centre) with her sisters For the first time in the history of Belgium’s euthanasia law, doctors have been...
Euthanasia in Belgium: updates on a social experiment
Belgium seems to be treating the victims of child abuse by domestic violence, neglect and sexual abuse by killing them Every two years the Belgium...
Three children euthanised in Belgium
Latest official report reveals reasons Three minors have been euthanised in Belgium since euthanasia for children was legalised in 2014. According to the latest report...
104-year-old Australian scientist boards plane for Swiss suicide clinic
In a case which has attracted world-wide attention, a 104-year-old Australian scientist has boarded a plane which will take him to Switzerland to die at...
The shadowy world of ‘euthanasia fundamentalism’
Is Stephen King looking for a new plot for a novel? How about the activities of a shadowy network dedicated to helping people commit suicide?...