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February 15, 2026
Voluntary Stopping Eating/Drinking – New Study
Every year, thousands of elderly people die because they consciously stop eating and drinking
According to research by Erasmus MC, an estimated 5,800 people in the Netherlands end their lives each year by consciously stopping eating and drinking.
That is 3.5% of all deaths. In most cases, a previous request for euthanasia had been rejected.…
February 7, 2026
Should AI decide whether you live or die?
A controversial suicide pod known as Sarco could soon rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to decide who is allowed to die, forcing a global reckoning over whether a machine should ever make irreversible end-of-life decisions.
The Sarco capsule, which was developed by Australian euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke, looks like something from a design exhibition at …
January 22, 2026
Inventor of the ‘suicide pod’ says AI Should Decide
The inventor of the controversial Sarco suicide pod says AI software could one day replace psychiatrists in assessing mental capacity for those seeking assisted dying.
Philip Nitschke has spent more than three decades arguing that the right to die should belong to people, not doctors.
Now, the Australian euthanasia campaigner behind the controversial Sarco pod …
January 20, 2026
Exit Member Exclusive
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To claim 30% discount on new subscriptions of the online book, or a 20% discount on the print Peaceful Pill Handbook, please ensure you have your membership number on …
December 31, 2025
Katie Engelhart on Medically Assisted Dying in US v Canada
“When you open up the option of assisted dying to people who are not dying, things get complicated,” says the author of The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die.
KEVIN P. ALEXANDER | FROM THE DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE
The Canadian Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die…
December 18, 2025
Inside workshop where ‘Dr Death’ reveals new suicide invention
Tea, biscuits and confronting end-of-life demonstrations collide as Dr Philip Nitschke gives a select crowd rare access to his controversial death workshop by Sophie Elsworth.
December 13, 2025 – 5:00AM
Sitting alongside a plastic mannequin head wearing a suicide collar, euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke tells a small group of people at a Dutch workshop …
November 28, 2025
Black Friday 2025
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This year, 20% can be saved on all books, all formats, all languages.
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November 26, 2025
Coöperatie Laatste Wil introduces new end-of-life method
‘Coöperatie Laatste Wil came under heavy fire for recommending “Middel X”.
With a new suicide collar, it is once again testing the limits of the law’ by Susan Wichgers (healthcare editor).
Following a major court case concerning Middel X, the Last Will Cooperative (CLW) has now introduced a new method for “self-chosen end-of-life”: the suicide …
November 25, 2025
Coroner finds death self-inflicted, after package from Kenneth Law
A woman mourning a relationship break-up took her life in a motel room where she previously stayed with her boyfriend, the day after receiving a package from Canadian suicide advocate Kenneth Law.
A coroner has found the death of Auckland woman Savannah Auric on May 26, 2022, was self-inflicted.
The 30-year-old was the fifth New …
November 9, 2025
Families sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in suicides & delusions
Seven families filed lawsuits against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming that the company’s GPT-4o model was released prematurely and without effective safeguards.
Four of the lawsuits address ChatGPT’s alleged role in family members’ suicides, while the other three claim that ChatGPT reinforced harmful delusions that in some cases resulted in inpatient psychiatric care.
In one case, …
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