Assisted Suicide

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she will sign an assisted suicide bill for terminally ill individuals after working with the state legislature to make changes to the legislation.

A majority of Slovenian voters on Sunday voted to suspend a law that legalized assisted dying for terminally ill patients. Preliminary vote counts from Slovenia’s State Election Commission at press time reportedly indicate that the law was rejected by around

Entertainment duo and twins Alice and Ellen Kessler died on Monday at the age of 89 via assisted suicide at their home in Gruenwald, Germany.

The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board is urging Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) to veto an assisted suicide bill that state lawmakers narrowly passed on Halloween. 

Britain ruled by “a death cult”? Left-dominated Parliament votes for ‘assisted dying’ only days after vote to decriminalise abortion.

The bill is now sitting on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) desk — the governor has not indicated whether she will sign the bill, but her office said she will “review the legislation.”

The bill would allow people with a prognoses of six months or less to live to be prescribed lethal drugs to end their lives.

The Nevada legislature killed a bill on Friday that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide. 

The New York State Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday the would legalize medically assisted suicide for people with terminal illnesses.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, ending a tumultuous second term.

After an impassioned debate, members of Parliament approved the so-called assisted dying bill by a vote of 330 to 275.

The latest twist in the saga of assisted suicide in Canada – or Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID), as the Canadians prefer to call it – involves an Ontario man in his late 40s who the government killed for “post Covid-19 vaccination syndrome.”

Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has slammed a proposal to legalize assisted suicide in the country, asserting that the bill buys into a “false understanding of compassion.”

Nearly 900 people died by assisted suicide in 2023 in California, according to a state department of health report released this month.

Emmanuel Macron announced legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication.

Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife committed legally assisted suicide by euthanasia simultaneously this week.

Canada is expected to lead the world in assisted suicide deaths under its medical assistance in dying (MAID) program as soon as 2025, the Toronto Star reported. 

Canada has indefinitely delayed its plan to expand Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) to patients with only mental illness.

A 37-year-old Vancouver woman says a hospital clinician proposed medically assisted suicide when she sought help for depression.

A transsexual Canadian requested assisted suicide in order to end long-term suffering and pain from surgery to manufacture a “neo-vagina”.

Canada’s National Post on Tuesday published the results of a poll that show nearly a third of Canadians believe assisted suicide should be offered to homeless people who are weary of their lives.

A Canadian man has reportedly been arrested by police after allegedly selling poison to suicidal individuals online.

Assisted suicide is “moral progress” and should also be available for those suffering mental illness, according to a recent New York Times piece.

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has walked back statements in support of legalized assisted suicide, accusing journalists of having misinterpreted his thought.

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said he is personally opposed to assisted suicide but would not exclude it for others who wish to avail themselves of it.

It will soon be legal to Euthanise children with certain terminal illnesses in the Netherlands, reports on Friday have claimed.

Activists pushing for the adoption of assisted suicide laws are framing their agenda using the “bodily autonomy” argument.

A Canadian committee has recommended the government expand its assisted suicide policies for “mature minors”.

The legalisation of assisted suicide could become a “cost saving” measure for the UK’s socialised healthcare system, a church leader warned.

Christian doctors are standing against a law that requires them to facilitate suicide in ways that violate their religious convictions.

Court upholds the ban on assisted suicide, a setback for activists who say prohibition infringes their right to determine when life ends.

Canada’s impending expansion of assisted suicide to people suffering from mental illness is sounding alarms across the country and around the world, especially given the woefully inadequate funding for mental health in Canada’s public health care system.

Canadian populist leader Bernier slammed a retailer for their viral commercial, criticising the store for trying to make suicide seem “cool.”

Leading Canadian fashion retailer La Maison Simons launched a new ad campaign titled “All Is Beauty” that is being accused of “promoting” and “romanticizing” assisted suicide.

Canadian religious leaders are speaking out with growing concern as the clock ticks down on the activation of new policies that would allow mentally ill people to be euthanized with remarkable speed — just 90 days after two doctors approve the request for assisted suicide.