The number of people euthanised in the Netherlands this year is set to exceed 7,000 – a 67% rise from five years ago – in what has been described by the director of the country’s only specialist clinic as the end of “a taboo” on killing patients who want to die. Read more >>
Continue Reading → NETHERLANDS: ‘Any taboo has gone’: Netherlands sees rise in demand for euthanasia
Australia’s best-known euthanasia activist, Dr. Philip Nitschke, has proposed a 3D-printed capsule that would make euthanasia more accessible than ever.
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A number of troubling cases coming out of the Netherlands give regions where euthanasia is not yet legal, reason to pause. Read more >>
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Membership in a suicide advocacy group has doubled after the organization was featured on a TV show. Read more >>
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The Netherlands legalised both euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2002. The data shows an overwhelming preference for euthanasia. In 2015, there were 6672 euthanasia deaths and only 150 assisted suicide deaths; the total comprising at least 4.5% of all deaths.
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