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December 31, 2022

French experts to develop glossary ahead of legislation

by Béatrice Jérôme, Le Monde

French experts to develop glossary ahead of legislation: Assisted dying, euthanasia & end of life

Legal experts, scientists and writers are working to deliver a glossary related to the topic by March, at the government’s request reports Le Monde.

Less than two months ago, writer Erik Orsenna was invited to lunch at the ministry …



November 14, 2022

Organ Donation after Euthanasia in the Netherlands

Organ Donation after Euthanasia in the Netherlands is rarely possible from home. Dutch GP Han Mulder and Anaesthesiologist-intensivist Hans Sonneveld believe that they have come up with a solution for people who want to donate their organs after euthanasia reports the newspaper, Trouw.

For people who die in their own homes after euthanasia, organ …


November 8, 2022

Dutch right-to-die group fights to widen legal euthanasia boundaries

The Star

Dutch right-to-die group fights to widen legal euthanasia boundaries reports The Star.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A right-to-die group told judges on Monday that a Dutch law which allows physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands but criminalises others who help people end their own lives violates European human rights law and must be declared unlawful.…


October 1, 2022

Beyond State Borders in Assisted Suicide

Beyond State Borders in Assisted Suicide

A terminally-ill Connecticut woman is suing Vermont to drop their residency requirement for physician-assisted suicide.

Bridgeport resident Lynda Bluestein, in addition to a Vermont physician, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Burlington last month that argues the Green Mountain State’s residency requirement for medical aid in …


September 14, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard dies in Switzerland

Jean-Luc Godard dies in Switzerland. Lawyer confirms he chose to end life through assisted dying

The medical report on death of 91-year-old director said he had chosen to end his life

Jean-Luc Godard, the maverick French-Swiss director who revolutionised post-war cinema in Europe, died by assisted dying, his lawyer has confirmed.

The medical report on …


September 11, 2022

Sarco visits Hoop Doet Leven

Sarco visits Hoop Doet Leven Windmill in Voorhout, Zuid Holland, NL

Exit finally has an expected use-date for the Sarco. The Sarco will be used for the first time in mid 2023.

Until that time, the prototype has been seen out and about in Zuid Holland, taking in the sights.

Sarco visits Hoop Doet Leven

Where more appropriate than the …


September 9, 2022

Euthanasia of King George V

The Euthanasia of King George V

Described as ‘A Peaceful Ending at Midnight’ history has long held that King George V was assisted with Euthanasia according to The Express.

The Queen’s grandfather, King George V, passed away when he was 70 years old, following his falling ill in 1936 at Sandringham House, Norfolk.

The …


August 22, 2022

Plea to stop euthanasia trip withdrawn from Delhi High Court

Plea to stop euthanasia trip withdrawn from Delhi High Court

Express News Service

The 49-year-old woman from Bengaluru who filed the petition said that she had come to know that her friend was deeply traumatised after hearing about the filing of the case.

A 49-year-old woman from Bengaluru who last week approached the Delhi High …

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August 11, 2022

Court acquits retired nurse over insulin for husband

Court acquits retired nurse over insulin for husband reports Weiler Zeitung.

Karlsruhe – A woman has helped her bedridden husband commit suicide by injecting him with a lethal overdose of insulin herself – and in so doing has not committed a criminal offence, according to the Federal Supreme Court (BGH).

The highest criminal judges …

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