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Nordic Declaration on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Australia’s Trans-Tasman VADANZ conference hailed a success as delegates prepare for WFRtDS 50th anniversary conference in Tokyo

Over 400 end-of-life clinical professionals, policy makers, researchers and advocates converged on Melbourne last week for VADCON26, the biennial conference of the VADANZ network, the Australia-New…

EOLW publish their annual report

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Death with Dignity National Center publishes its latest annual report

DGHS publishes its latest magazine

Hemlock Society of San Diego publishes its August Newsletter

Final Exit Network publishes its Annual Report

Le Choix publishes its Newsletter No. 99

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La France adopte l’aide à mourir !

French MPs approve assisted dying law with strict rules after years of argument

First appeared on BBC online 15 July Paul Kirby, Europe digital editor France's National Assembly has voted to create a right to assisted dying under strict…

Choice and Dignity publish their latest newsletter

End of Life Washington publishes its latest newsletter

A Decade of Choice: Canadian Perspectives on MAID

World Without Genocide – Press Release and Shadow Report to the UN Addresses Lack of Access to End-of-Life Options in the United States

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JSDD publish their latest newsletter

Derecho a Morir Dignament (Spain) publish their latest magazine No. 95

Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité (Belgium) publish their latest newsletter

ÖGHL ( Austria) publish their latest newsletter

Le Choix publish their latest newsletter No. 95

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ADMD Belgium publish their latest newsletter

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Introducing maidmisinformation.ca

A resource for understanding and responding to MAiD misinformation For the past few months, we’ve been working on a new resource for people who want to…

Les soins de fin de vie et nos balises québécoises

Yvon Bureau, travailleur social Jeudi, 7 mai 2026 00:00 MISE À JOUR Jeudi, 7 mai 2026 00:00 En 2025, au Québec, 80 450 personnes ont terminé…

Le Choix publish their latest newsletter No. 93

Final Exit Network publish their Spring 2026 newsletter

Dignity SA launch their constitutional challenge regarding the prohibition of assisted dying in the country.

VADSA publish their latest newsletter

Le Choix publish their latest newsletter No. 92

Choice and Dignity publish their latest newsletter

DGHS publish their latest newsletter

Le Choix publish their newsletter No. 90

Le Choix publish their newsletter No. 91

Noelia will receive euthanasia on Thursday after more than a year and a half of waiting. (Cataluña)

The ECHR rejects the umpteenth attempt by Christian Lawyers to stop the decision to opt for dignified death Laia Galià ARA newspaper 24/03/2026 3 min Give…

Death with Dignity publish their latest newsletter

Living Will is an overdue step towards human dignity – ADPD

ADPD was the only political party in Malta to include the introduction of living will legislation in its electoral programmeNationalPolitics First appeared on 10 March 2026|…

India’s top court allows removal of life support of man in vegetative state

By Cherylann Mollan BBC Online In a landmark ruling, India's Supreme Court has allowed the removal of life support of a 31-year-old man who has been…

VAD law ‘positive for the Canberra community’

First published by Go Gentle Australia on the 28th February An update on the operation of voluntary assisted dying in the ACT reveals 14 Canberrans have…

Elderly Estonian couple planning assisted death after Supreme Court landmark ruling

Taavi Eilaty 14.18 first appeared ERR news 19 February A Supreme Court precedent set in May 2025 means assisted dying in Estonia is legal, despite push-back…

Dignitas newsletter No1, 2026

Final Exit Network Winter 2026 newsletter

Le Choix publish their newsletter No. 88

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France puts assisted dying back on the table after Senate rejection

By Marta Iraola Iribarren First Published on 05/02/2026 - 11:09 GMT+1. Euronews French MPs’ social affairs committee revives divisive assisted dying bill after last week’s Senate…

Swiss politicians decide against monitoring assisted-suicide tourism

How many people travel to Switzerland to end their lives? Swiss politicians do not want a precise count. Parliament has rejected a proposal to introduce monitoring,…

Governor Hochul Signs Medical Aid in Dying Act into New York State Law

Legislation S.138/A.136 Gives New Yorkers the Choice to Suffer Less – to Shorten Not Their Lives, but Their Deaths Governor Hochul Secured Key Additional Guardrails Ensuring…

‘My dad’s assisted death was beautiful,’ says Green MSP

Story first appeared in BBC Scotland on-line 27 January 2026 Green MSP Lorna Slater has spoken of her father's "beautiful" assisted death in Canada as she…

Mirosevic acusa «veto en las sombras» de Kast a la Ley de Eutanasia: «Lo que viene es un ultraconservadurismo que niega el derecho a morir con dignidad»

el ciudando.com 22 January 2026 Pese a que el Ejecutivo ha insistido en múltiples ocasiones en la “suma urgencia” de esta iniciativa —que busca regular la…

Australia Must Confront the Remuneration Gap in Voluntary Assisted Dying Care

Article first appeared in Insight + Issue 3 27th January Voluntary assisted dying should not rely on clinical altruism, writes Dr Andrea Bendrups. Voluntary Assisted Dying…

Derecho a Morir Dignament Federal publish their latest newsletter

The Supreme Court rules in Noelia’s favor once again: enough is enough to make her suffer

First appeared in DMD CAT on 29 January - original in Catalan accessible HERE From Dret a Morir Dignament Catalunya we celebrate that the Supreme Court…

Last Chapter – A Personal Story

Kim Carlson and Paul Magennis Jan 28, 2026 One of the real privileges of the work we do is that, from time to time, someone reaches…

Compassion vs halacha: UK assisted dying bill sparks Jewish debate

Article first appeared in the Jerusalem Post written by Mathilda Heller Jan 24 2026 RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Romain and UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis…

Final Exit Network (FEN) publish their latest newsletter

NSW Liberals’ anti-VAD bill defeated

first published November 20, 2025, Suzanne James Issue 1443, News NSW Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Susan Carter’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Amendment (Residential Facilities) Bill…

Death With Dignity National Center Annual Report

Ann David speaks about a new bill to improve assisted dying for terminally ill patients

Ann David, past President of End of Life Choice Society New Zealand, joins Dr Gary Payinda to talk about how the Assisted dying law in New…

A Six-Week Exchange With the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Debating MAiD when mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition Paul Magennis and Kim Carlson Jan 05, 2026 We took a bit of time over…

End of life, the Government challenges the law approved by the Regional Council of Sardinia

First published Il sole 24 ore – by Davide Madeddu 21 November 2025 The law on the end of life approved last September by the Regional…

News from The Completed Life Initiative

Click on the logo to read the newsletter Dr. Margaret Battin Is This Year’s Recipient of the ASBH Lifetime Achievement AwardLast week at the American Society…

Call for Papers

Under what circumstances should Voluntary Assisted Dying be permitted? Bioethics Special IssueOnline & Print Publication 2027 Guest Editors: Steve Clarke, Tessa Holzman and Xavier Symons CLOSING…

Samara Martínez, the young and vibrant fighter for euthanasia in Mexico

First appeared in swissinfo.ch on 31st October 2025 With a penetrating gaze and a flirtatious smile, Samara Martinez, a 30-year-old Mexican terminal patient, poses a question…

Access to Medical Aid in Dying with Updated Law

August 7 marked one year since legislation to improve access to Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act was enacted. Signed by Governor Jared Polis last June, SB68 shortened…

GP body backs Victorian voluntary assisted dying reforms

Press release 14 October 2025 The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has welcomed proposed changes to Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying laws. It comes after the…

Uruguay aprueba la primera ley de eutanasia de América Latina

Article first appeared in EL País on 16th October 2025 Tras un recorrido legislativo de cinco años, el Senado habilita la muerte digna en casos de…