Newspaper Media
October 5, 2024
UK to consider bill for assisted dying for terminally ill
LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – British lawmakers will soon consider whether to give terminally ill adults a choice to end their own lives with medical assistance, after what proponents say is a shift in public opinion since a similar measure was rejected a decade ago. Kim Leadbeater, a lawmaker from Britain’s governing Labour Party who […]
September 24, 2024
First woman dies in ‘suicide capsule’ in Switzerland
In Switzerland on Monday, a 64-year-old woman died in a specially designed ‘suicide capsule’ containing nitrogen gas. It is the first time ever that this suicide capsule, called the Sarco, was used. The capsule, an airtight cabin the size of a coffin, offers, according to its creators, a ‘quick, peaceful and reliable death’ without the […]
August 10, 2024
History of First Sarco Candidate Raises Questions
According to the NZZ (newspaper) the 55-year-old American woman, who was the first to die in the suicide capsule, made serious accusations against the euthanasia organisation in a letter. Now documents show that she made the opposite statement shortly beforehand. Three weeks ago, Exit International and The Last Resort presented the Sarco suicide capsule to […]
April 21, 2024
Prosecutor Demands Prison Sentences in Middel X Case
Six (former) members of Coöperatie Laatste Wil have been given prison sentences ranging from 30 to 6 months in the mega criminal case concerning the distribution of suicide powder Middel X. The public prosecutor is seeking a single acquittal, against former board member Petra de Jong. The prosecutor has painted a picture of ‘profound idealism’: […]
November 12, 2023
Police seize euthanasia advocate’s helium balloon kit
Originally published October 2016 in the Nelson Mail Patsy McGrath was surprised to see two policemen turn up on the doorstep of her Nelson home. She was even more stunned when they presented a warrant to seize her store-bought helium balloon kit. Acting on directions from Wellington police, the policemen explained they had grounds to believe they would […]
October 1, 2023
Widower suicide spurs euthanasia drug worry
The Australian newspaper reports that a ‘Widower suicide spurs euthanasia drug worry’. Voluntary assisted dying advocates insist euthanasia drugs should continue to be dispensed to dying people at home despite an elderly Queensland widower taking the lethal substance meant for his terminally ill wife. In the first suspected abuse of a VAD scheme in Australia, […]
