NYS assisted suicide bill, bishops' world views, golfing fees

The article “Assisted suicide bill” [News, May 7] misrepresents the Medical Aid in Dying proposal being considered by the State Legislature. The measure would provide adults with terminal illnesses who are medically competent and not depressed the …

Colorado man sentenced to four years in prison for assisting in his friend’s suicide

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A Colorado man was sentenced to four years in prison after investigators said he assisted in his friend’s suicide. The 19th Judicial District Attorney said in February, 73-year-old Mark Switzer pleaded guilty to …

4 Ivorian men arrested in sextortion case linked to San Jose teen's suicide

Four men in Côte d’Ivoire have been arrested in an international sextortion case connected to the suicide death of a San Jose teen in February 2022, officials with the Department of Justice announced Friday. On April 29, Alfred Kassi was arrested by …

Assisted Suicide, Joe's Gibberish and a Fatal Shooting

Humza Yousaf will vote against assisted dying bill

ShareSave Humza Yousaf said he would vote against the assisted dying bill at Holyrood Former First Minister Humza Yousaf has said he will not vote for a bill which would legalise assisted dying in Scotland. A new law allowing terminally-ill people to take …

Government’s assessments of legalising assisted suicide reveal sinister details

Tim Dieppe takes a look at what we learned from the government’s assessments of Kim Leadbeater’s bill, published last week. Impact Assessment highlights uncertainties The government finally published its impact assessment of Kim Leadbeater’s bill to …

Solemnly Renouncing Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Response to Vincenzo Di Nicola

FROM OUR READERS As a psychiatrist, medical ethicist, and avid reader of philosophy, I very much appreciated Vincenzo Di Nicola, MPhil, MD, PhD, FCAHS, DLFAPA, DFCPA, FACPsych’s thoughtful philosophical perspective on euthanasia, suicide, and assisted …

Estonia Court Declares a Right to Kill Yourself in Assisted Suicide

Five years ago, the highest court in Germany declared that committing suicide is a fundamental right — for everybody and for any reason — and that being assisted or assisting others in the act are ancillary rights associated with that liberty. In other …

France: The Imminent Legalization of Assisted Suicide

This bill, which will be debated in public session starting May 12, would authorize patients suffering from a "serious and incurable condition" that is life-threatening, whether in an advanced or terminal stage, to receive or self-administer a …

Responding to Kim Leadbeater’s claims her assisted suicide bill is a success

Kim Leadbeater has produced a briefing claiming that the Committee Stage of her bill to legalise assisted suicide has been a success, strengthening the safeguards and ensuring that people are “protected at each stage” of the process. Her briefing applauds …