Hacker News with Generative AI: Assisted Suicide

Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths (bbc.co.uk)
Medically-assisted dying – also known as voluntary euthanasia – accounted for 4.7% of deaths in Canada in 2023, new government data shows.
Canada, Healthcare, Death, Assisted Suicide, Statistics
4 points by n1b0m 36 days ago | 1 comments
MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying (bbc.co.uk)
MPs have backed proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales in a historic vote which paves the way for a change in the law.
Politics, Law, Healthcare, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia
5 points by penguin_booze 50 days ago | 0 comments
Swiss police make arrests over suspected death in 'suicide capsule' (theguardian.com)
Swiss police say they have opened a criminal investigation and arrested several people after the suspected death of a woman in a so-called suicide capsule.
Switzerland, Crime, Death, Suicide, Assisted Suicide
6 points by bookofjoe 116 days ago | 1 comments