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July 5, 2025
White House accuses Britain of ‘state-sponsored suicide’
White House accuses Britain of ‘state-sponsored suicide’ as Donald Trump wades in on assisted dying ‘surrender’ reports Ed Griffiths. The White House has launched a scathing attack on Britain over Parliament’s support for assisted dying legislation, with the US state department condemning it as “state-sponsored suicide”. The US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour […]

June 29, 2025
Exit Member Author Maurice Gee Calls Law Cruel & Intrusive
Exit Member Author Maurice Gee Calls Law Cruel & Intrusivereports Virginia Fallon in The Press. Acclaimed author Maurice Gee’s death has put assisted dying back in the spotlight – with some Kiwis pushing for change, and others fearing undue pressure on the elderly and disabled. In the end, Maurice Gee was right where he wanted […]

June 21, 2025
Could the House of Lords block the assisted suicide bill?
By Dan Hitchens in The Spectator Could the House of Lords block the assisted suicide bill, which was approved by the Commons yesterday? It would be pretty unusual for the Lords to do so. But then nothing about the bill has been usual. Proponents like to compare Kim Leadbeater’s bill to the big private member’s […]

June 14, 2025
How often can you perform euthanasia and still remain ethical?
Interview with Bert Keizer – one of the Netherland’s most outspoken & experienced euthanasia doctors. There is considerable consensus about quantity in medicine. If you go to hospital for an operation, you want to know that the doctor who is going to perform it is competent. Nobody wants to be operated on by a doctor […]

June 8, 2025
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody in Schaffhausen?
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody for too long in Schaffhausen? Euthanasia assistant Florian Willet helped a woman take her own life using a suicide capsule, came under the scrutiny of the Schaffhausen criminal justice system – and then chose to take his own life. Now, documents are raising new […]

June 3, 2025
Director of Sarco dies by assisted suicide after “unconscionable” detention
Director of Sarco suicide capsule dies by assisted suicide after “unconscionable” detention by Maud Effting and Haro Kraak. The director of the Swiss suicide capsule Sarco, Florian Willet (47), has died by assisted suicide. He died in Germany at the beginning of May. Willet had fallen into serious mental health problems after the Swiss authorities […]
