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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, …
November 7, 2025
New 2026 Going to Switzerland
With so much news coming out of Switzerland, Exit has published a significant re-write of our handbook, Going to Switzerland: how to plan your final exit.
The new online edition features a new section on the Pegasos clinic and their ongoing problems with the law and with families of their past clients.
Exit’s preferred Swiss …
November 3, 2025
Pegasos Reignites Controversy over Assisted Suicide in Switzerland
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British families accuse the Swiss association Pegasos of helping their loved ones die without any real medical justification.
Based in the canton of Solothurn, the organisation defends its legality and ethics, but its methods have reignited the debate on the limits of assisted suicide in Switzerland.
In the suburbs …
October 26, 2025
Intriguing Interview with Philip Nitschke on ‘Grave Matters’
Do we have a fundamental right to die?
Should everyone have access to Voluntary Assisted Dying?
Dr Philip Nitschke has been at the forefront of VAD advocacy and innovation for 30 years.
He joins Anthony Levin and Nadine Cohen to discuss the legal and ethical questions surrounding dying with dignity.
Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) may …
October 12, 2025
Dutch Court considers – should assisted suicide be a criminal offence?
Coöperatie Laatste Wil (CLW) is facing the state in an appeal this Monday concerning assisted suicide. It is a criminal offence, but they believe it should not be reports Susan Wichgers.
Demonstrators from the Steungroep Dappere Burgers (SDB) at the Palace of Justice in The Hague. The demonstrators were supporting a man who was on …
September 21, 2025
Gold Coast euthanasia ring kingpin’s boasts caught on police taps
An undercover operative posing as a suicide candidate helped bust open a $12,000-per-dose euthanasia drug ring operating on the Gold Coast reports Greg Stolz
Explosive new details have been revealed in the case against an accused Gold Coast euthanasia ring, with police phone taps allegedly busting the group’s claimed kingpin boasting about setting up a …
September 16, 2025
Former PM Theresa May opposes ‘licence to kill’ Bill
Assisted dying: Former PM Theresa May opposes ‘licence to kill’ Bill reports The Standard
Conservative former prime minster Theresa May told the packed red benches of the upper chamber in Parliament that she fears the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill does not have enough safeguards and could be used to cover up medical …
September 15, 2025
Twelve assisted dying activists go on trial in Paris
Twelve assisted dying activists go on trial in Paris reports AFP/ Le Monde
On Monday, the trial of 12 elderly members of an organization accused of helping people obtain a lethal drug began in Paris. This comes as lawmakers are considering a bill that could legalize assisted dying under strict conditions.
Twelve activists accused of …
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