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Insurance suicide husband jailed

An Australian man has been convicted of counselling his wife’s suicide, through which he hoped to benefit from £770,000 in life insurance

‘And how many have you killed?’

A Flemish doctor, now under investigation, discusses the number of deaths he has caused or else facilitated

Canada plans for child euthanasia

Canadian paediatricians envisage euthanasia for children without parental consent or even knowledge, ahead of a report to Parliament on extension to minors

Thank yous, farewells, welcomes

CNK bids a fond farewell to Campaign Director Peter Saunders, and welcomes Steve Fouch to the Board

Supreme Court ends Conway case

Noel Conway’s challenge to the law on assisted suicide comes to an end as the Supreme Court declines to hear a second appeal

CNK on Conway appeal veto

Care Not Killing, which intervened in the case of Noel Conway at the High Court and Court of Appeal, responds to the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a further appeal

First suicide prevention minister

Suicide Prevention Minister urged to clamp down on ‘irresponsible’ portrayal of suicide in media

‘Startling’ new PDOC guidance

Severely brain-damaged patients are commonly misdiagnosed, often aware and may well recover, says authoritative new report

Personal reflection on food and fluids ruling

Nikki Kenward, who lived with the MND-like symptoms of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, writes: ‘this is not civilization but barbarity… We need more legal restraints, not fewer.’

Supreme Court on CANH: overview of Care Not Killing media contributions

The issue of withdrawing food and fluids from brain damaged patients is complex and little understood – Care Not Killing was on hand to outline concerns with the Supreme Court’s ruling on a busy media day

Supreme Court rules on CANH withdrawal

Care Not Killing responds to disappointing ruling that the Supreme Court wants to remove important safeguard from brain-damaged patients

‘Suicidal’: a throwaway word?

Efforts to distinguish between terminally ill and non-terminally ill people when it comes to suicidal tendencies are at best meaningless and at worst offensive

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