May 12, 2025
(New York Times) – The New York bill defines “aid in dying” as a medical practice. If a patient qualifies, a doctor can prescribe a lethal dose of drugs that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life. … Read More
May 12, 2025
(First Things) – Our Holy Father, always a wise teacher, was not afraid to let us watch him die, much like his beloved predecessor, Pope St. John Paul II. Both men knew that our worth is based on who we … Read More
May 5, 2025
(Unherd) – On 31 January, 2024, Wade was running out of time. He had tried everything to persuade his 28-year-old daughter, Marge, that she could get better. But Marge had been scheduled to die by assisted suicide at 2 p.m. … Read More
May 5, 2025
(The Dispatch) – Multiple U.S. states have considered or are considering medical assistance in dying (MAiD) laws this year, while a yearslong debate over physician-assisted suicide is playing out in the United Kingdom too. For today’s newsletter, Dispatch Contributing Writer … Read More
April 24, 2025
(NPR) – Men over 75 have the highest suicide rates in the U.S. There are many reasons for this, says Mary Gagnon, director of suicide prevention at NAMI Maine, a mental health nonprofit. Among them are loss, sickness and the … Read More
April 24, 2025
(The Guardian) – In a Danish palliative care unit, the alternative to assisted dying is not striving to cure, offering relief and comfort to patients and their families The way we die is a topic of a heated debate in … Read More
April 23, 2025
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 51, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 15, 2025
(USA Today) – Editor’s note: This article discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. Awuah-Darko, a 28-year-old British-Ghanaian artist, has documented his battle with treatment-resistant bipolar … Read More
April 11, 2025
Clinical Ethics (vol. 20, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 7, 2025
(BBC) – April was born with spina bifida and was later diagnosed with tumours at the base of her spine which she says have left her in constant, debilitating pain. She’s been taking strong opioid painkillers for more than 20 … Read More
April 3, 2025
(BBC) – Wayne sits in a reclining chair where he spends most of his days. Terminally ill, he is too weak to leave the house. He has invited BBC News to witness his death under California’s assisted dying laws – … Read More
March 31, 2025
(USA Today) – Monday marks 20 years since the death of Terri Schiavo, whose landmark case became the symbol of the “right to die” movement, generated political controversy and sparked public outcry as her husband and family members took their … Read More
March 31, 2025
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (vol. 21, no. 4, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 24, 2025
(Daily Mail) – MPs will try to legislate to force a review into palliative care within a year, after Labour was accused of kicking the can down the road. Despite assurances to address the issue alongside the Assisted Dying Bill, … Read More
March 18, 2025
(The Times) – More than 250 GPs signed a letter saying their views had been misrepresented after the Royal College of GPs softened its stance on assisted dying Doctors have accused the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) of “grossly misrepresenting” … Read More
March 17, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Shortly before Daniel Kahneman died last March, he emailed friends a message: He was choosing to end his own life in Switzerland. Some are still struggling with his choice. Kahneman was one of the world’s most … Read More
March 10, 2025
(Nuffield Council on Bioethics) – A new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) combines detailed insights from England’s first Citizens’ Jury on assisted dying and two nationally representative surveys of 2000 people to provide a timely and comprehensive … Read More
March 7, 2025
HEC Forum (vol. 37, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 4, 2025
(The Guardian) – Ellen Gilland was arrested in January 2023 after killing her husband, Jerry Gilland, 77, in his Florida hospital room A woman in Florida has gotten a one-year prison sentence for shooting her terminally ill husband to death … Read More
February 25, 2025
(BBC) – A law to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to end their own lives is entering its final stages, making it potentially the first jurisdiction in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying. … Read More
February 24, 2025
(Maclean’s) – The ethics are muddy, the country is divided and the world is watching Canada’s next move. Inside the crusade for psychiatric MAID. Brosseau does not want her future to hinge on disinformation campaigns, timid politicians and slowly evolving … Read More
February 24, 2025
(WGNTV) – State legislators on Friday held the first hearing on a bill that would legalize access to medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults in Illinois, a political conversation that’s also taking place in several other states. Lawmakers … Read More
February 17, 2025
(New York Times) – In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it. Ms. Mekel, 82, has Alzheimer’s disease. It was diagnosed a year … Read More
February 17, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – In a pastoral Vermont valley, a former hospice chaplain named Suzanne runs a retreat center for artists, health-care workers and educators — and, since mid-2023, terminally ill people seeking a safe, peaceful place to die. … Read More
February 12, 2025
(Military.com) – Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark reality. Logan Sowell’s suicide in July 2021 is one of at least seven in the past five years involving … Read More
