January 21, 2026
(Gizmodo) – There have been many high-profile stories in which chatbots have effectively encouraged and enabled people experiencing mental health crises to kill themselves, which has resulted in several wrongful death lawsuits against the companies responsible for the AI models … Read More
January 5, 2026
(Jacobin) – In Canada, physician-assisted suicide is available even to people who aren’t suffering from terminal illnesses. In the context of austerity, this often means people are offered death rather than the material support that could alleviate their suffering. At … Read More
December 30, 2025
(New York Times) – Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists are split over whether she should have one. The exclusion was to end on March 17, 2023, … Read More
December 26, 2025
(AP) – Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that his home state of Illinois had approved a law allowing for medically assisted suicide, and he called for greater respect of life. Leo said he had spoken “explicitly” … Read More
December 19, 2025
(Plough) – Christians should oppose euthanasia. But we also need to start showing real concern for those who feel they have no other option. On December 17, 2025, New York governor Kathy Hochul announced that she intends to sign the … Read More
December 17, 2025
(The Free Press) – Under the proposed New York bill, terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live would be able to access a prescribed, self-administered life-ending medication. Supporters argue that this is a compassionate … Read More
December 17, 2025
(AP via MSN) – New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill under a deal reached between the governor and state legislative leaders announced Wednesday. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul plans … Read More
December 12, 2025
(WGN9) – Gov. Pritzker signed a bill Friday making Illinois the 12th state to allow physician-assisted suicide. The bill, named the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act (SB 1950), is also known as “Deb’s Law.” (Read More)
December 11, 2025
(National Post) – Her condition is treatable, but Saskatchewan doesn’t have a surgeon who can complete the surgery. She has waited years to see a specialist (Read More)
December 10, 2025
(CBC) – She visited the provincial legislature on Tuesday to plead for help getting surgery to remove her remaining parathyroid gland. Currently there is no Saskatchewan surgeon able to perform the operation. Van Alstine said she must be referred out … Read More
December 10, 2025
(New York Times) – Over the past five years, the practice of allowing a physician to help severely ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in nine countries on three continents. Courts or legislatures, or both, are … Read More
December 10, 2025
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 92, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 5, 2025
(The Michigan Daily) – In the current issue of Medicine at Michigan, Michigan Medicine celebrates 175 alumni and faculty who have made the University of Michigan world-renowned as the “leaders and best.” The editors “looked for clinicians and researchers who … Read More
December 1, 2025
(People via MSN) – The man who founded Dignitas — a non-profit that provides physician-assisted suicide — has died. He was 92. Ludwig Minelli died “self-determinedly by voluntary assisted dying” at one of his own facilities on Saturday, Nov. 29, … Read More
November 25, 2025
(WCBU) – Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill that would allow terminally ill individuals to get a prescription to end their life. Harwood said the pending “medical aid in dying” law … Read More
November 20, 2025
(Chicago Public Media) – Governor Pritzker’s signature would make Illinois the first Midwestern state to legalize prescriptions of life-ending medication for terminally ill patients. Terminally ill residents with a prognosis of six months to live could get physician prescribed drugs … Read More
November 17, 2025
(CBC) – Gratton— who had a variety of health problems, including kidney failure and heart disease— spent a night in the emergency room before being moved to a bed in a hallway on the seventh floor. “There were no lights, … Read More
November 12, 2025
(The Intelligencer) – As a palliative care physician, I strongly urge Gov. JB Pritzker to veto SB 1950, legislation to legalize assisted suicide in Illinois. I am opposed to this legislation for multiple reasons, but especially to protect my patients. … Read More
October 24, 2025
(AP via MSN) – Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives. It makes Uruguay the … Read More
October 23, 2025
(WSJ) – An amended complaint from the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide, alleges the changes were part of a push to increase engagement OpenAI twice loosened ChatGPT’s rules for discussing suicide in the year before … Read More
October 17, 2025
(Hollywood Reporter via MSN) – With In Love, Bloom wrote about how her she slowly lost her husband to Alzheimer’s, how the two made the decision to travel to Switzerland to end his life, and the struggle to move forward … Read More
October 7, 2025
(5280) – More terminally ill Coloradans than ever are turning to Denver Health’s Medical Aid in Dying clinic. We spent the summer witnessing the quiet decisions and final moments of those who chose when—and how—to say goodbye. Denver Health opened … Read More
October 2, 2025
(5280 via Longreads) – More Americans are seeking expanded end-of-life options, and interest in Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is increasing, with the practice now legal in 11 states. In Colorado, about 1,100 people have used MAID, and recent state … Read More
September 29, 2025
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 51, no. 9, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 5, 2025
(Boston Globe) – When assisted suicide is legalized, safeguards collapse. Thus when New York’s Legislature recently passed a bill authorizing physicians to help patients end their lives, state Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, the measure’s chief sponsor, praised its “state‑of‑the‑art safeguards” and … Read More
