Although the ban on commercial aid in dying is two years ago overturned by the Federal Constitutional Court, this does not mean that people in
Enabling euthanasia, but not promoting it: Five parliamentarians have drawn up a draft for the new regulation of assisted suicide. Under certain conditions, it should
Kurt Knickmeier killed three people and has been in prison for 36 years. He wants a chance at dismissal – or die. In 2020, the
On the occasion of the World Right to Die Day (WRtDD) launched in France in 2008, the German Society for Human Dying (DGHS) e. V.
At May 6, Germany’s doctors’ association deleted from its code of conduct a ban on the practice of assisted suicide. The German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer)
The film “Gott”, based on the play of Ferdinand von Schirach, conjures up a fierce controversy in Germany. Palliative physicians and psychologists accuse the maker
On Wednesday February 26, the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) in Karlsruhe declared the German ban on assisted suicide (that exists since 2015) unconstitutional. This is a great victory for
