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- How accurate are suicide risk prediction models? Asking the right questions https://ebmh.bmj.com/content/22/3/125 3 comments
- Right-Wing Start to See IRS Suicide Bomber as a Hero http://gawker.com/5477999/right+wing-start-to-see-irs-suicide-bomber-as-a-hero 3 comments reddit.com
- Emulating Trump would be suicide for the Right. He's a liability to the West https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/12/emulating-trump-suicide-for-the-right-liability-to-west/ 17 comments politics
- Right to die activist and former Italian MEP Marco Cappato denounces himself in Milan after a Venetian woman's assisted suicide in Switzerland https://sparkchronicles.com/marco-cappato-denounces-himself-in-milan-after-elenas-assisted-suicide-in-switzerland-corriere-it/amp/ 3 comments europe
- Suicides among men decreased after Viagra became more affordable in Sweden. In July 2013, the patent rights to Sildenafil (generic Viagra) ended in Sweden, causing the price of Viagra to drop by 75%. https://sapienjournal.org/suicides-among-swedish-men-decreased-after-viagra-became-more-affordable/ 954 comments science
- US government wins right to expand its appeal for Julian Assange’s extradition. Assange would be able to “resist suicide” if extradited, US argues https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/assange-extradition-us-high-court-b1900690.html 35 comments politics
- Germany’s high court endorses right to assisted suicide https://www.bioedge.org/mobile/view/germanys-high-court-endorses-a-right-to-assisted-suicide/13343 1642 comments worldnews
- Germany’s high court endorses right to assisted suicide https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/germanys-high-court-endorses-a-right-to-assisted-suicide/13343 104 comments europe
- Assisted suicide in the UK: Paul Lamb renews bid for right to die. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48184199 9 comments worldnews
- The Religious Right’s Suicidal Gay Obsession http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/the-religious-rights-suicidal-gay-obsession.html 64 comments politics
- Ian Murdock, Debian founder, is threatening suicide on Twitter right now. Please, let's stop him! https://twitter.com/imurdock 474 comments linux
- Supreme Court rules Canadians have right to doctor-assisted suicide http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-rules-on-doctor-assisted-suicide/article22828437/?service=mobile 2 comments worldnews
- Isis wedding certificate shows jihadi bride demanding right to be a suicide bomber as condition of getting married http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-wedding-certificate-shows-jihadi-bride-demanding-right-to-be-a-suicide-bomber-as-condition-of-getting-married-10250346.html 6 comments worldnews
- ISIS wedding certificate shows jihadi bride demanding right to be a suicide bomber as condition of getting married http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-wedding-certificate-shows-jihadi-bride-demanding-right-to-be-a-suicide-bomber-as-condition-of-getting-married-10250346.html 4 comments nottheonion
- Suicide of Transgender Teen Sparks Heightened Advocacy for Trans Rights http://www.newsweek.com/suicide-leelah-alcorn-transgender-teen-sparks-new-advocacy-trans-rights-295724 18 comments politics
- I'm all for the Right to Die, but can we pause for a moment in Reddit's canonization of Jack Kevorkian to note that he assisted in the suicides of at least 3 people who were NOT terminally ill, and who may have wanted to die as a side effect of the anti-depressants they were taking? http://articles.nydailynews.com/1996-08-17/news/18020501_1_judith-curren-dr-franklin-curren-kevorkian-attorney-geoffrey-fieger 21 comments reddit.com
- Jack Kevorkian, crusader for right to assisted suicide, dies aged 83 at Michigan hospital http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jack-kevorkian-crusader-for-right-to-assisted-suicide-dies-aged-83-at-michigan-hospital/2011/06/03/agx5buhh_story.html 4 comments reddit.com
- After hearing bigoted comments at a city council meeting, yet another gay teen has committed suicide. Our country is going far-right insane and it has to stop. http://normantranscript.com/government-beat/x1477594493/-i-m-sure-he-took-it-personally 6 comments politics
- Montana to rule if assisted suicide is a 'constitutional' right. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/us/01montana.html?hp 3 comments politics
- Is suicide a personal right? http://www.helium.com/items/782011-is-suicide-a-personal-right 8 comments reddit.com
- Anthrax scientist joins David Kelly and Vince Foster as he "commits suicide" right before he has a chance to blow in his higher ups and endanger the president. http://uk.reuters.com/article/uknews1/idukn0135345720080801 2 comments reddit.com
- Assisted suicide of healthy 79-year-old renews German debate on right to die http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/03/europe/03germany.php 3 comments worldnews
- Vatican steps up opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide - Governments “must acknowledge the right to conscientious objection” by health care workers, it said. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-euthanasia/vatican-steps-up-opposition-to-euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide-iduskcn26d1dx?il=0 22 comments worldnews
- People with Tourette's disorder or chronic tic disorder are over 4 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. This is true even after controlling for other mental disorders, suggesting that tic disorders are associated with an increased risk of suicide in their own right. https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/people-with-tic-disorders-at-increased-suicide-risk 4 comments science
- GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump tried to show how much he knows about the issue of veteran suicides Wednesday night by correcting a veteran who’d asked him a question. But Trump’s attempt to demonstrate his knowledge failed ― the veteran had the right statistic, not Trump. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-veteran-suicides_us_57d0b604e4b06a74c9f28f36 33 comments politics
- Suicide Bomber Attacks Car of Afghan Women’s Rights Leader; 3 Killed: A suicide bomber attacked the car of a prominent Afghan women’s rights leader and member of Parliament in Kabul on Sunday, killing three people and wounding 20 others, Afghan officials said. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/world/asia/suicide-bomber-attacks-car-of-afghan-womens-leader-3-killed.html?_r=0 57 comments worldnews
- Healthy Vancouver senior commits suicide in bid to change right-to-die law: 'I do not have a terminal illness; I am simply old, tired and becoming dependent, after a wonderful life of independence' http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/11/healthy-vancouver-senior-commits-suicide-in-bid-to-change-right-to-die-law 150 comments worldnews
- Moshe Yatom, a prominent Israeli psychiatrist was found dead at his home in Tel Aviv yesterday. A suicide note at his side explained that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been his patient for the last nine years, had “sucked the life right out of me.” http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/of-special-interest/14680-psychiatrist-of-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-commits-suicide.html 11 comments worldnews
- The President of Afghanistan, opens a national peace conference to discuss negotiating with the Taliban. A rocket lands near the venue of the conference in Kabul and a suicide bomber sets off explosives right outside the conference. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/world/militants-attack-as-afghan-peace-conference-starts-721777.html 3 comments worldnews
- "The superpower that once pioneered big ideas like democracy, human rights and civil liberties now leads the way toward planetary suicide, lest anyone should lose a nickel or two off their standard of living in the short term." http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/05 7 comments reddit.com
- U.N. rights committee urges Japan to let children be children - The human rights watchdog also urged Japanese authorities to look into the root causes of rising adolescent suicide rates, now at a 30-year high. https://japantoday.com/category/national/u.n.-urges-japan-to-let-children-be-children 16 comments worldnews
- "The smoke had barely cleared from the suicide bombing in Afghanistan this morning, near a base where Dick Cheney was located, when right-wing pundits -- whose sole expertise seems to be in exploiting terrorism-related issues for political gain -- began their attempt to politically exploit the attack on or near Cheney. " http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/02/27/comments/index.html 6 comments reddit.com
- At least one police officer was injured in Berlin on Saturday when around 500 activists shouting “Nazis out” clashed with an equal number of far-right activists marking the 31st anniversary of the prison suicide of Nazi convict Rudolf Hess https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-farright/police-injured-as-far-right-anti-nazi-activists-clash-in-berlin-iduskbn1l30l4 22 comments worldnews
- The Religious Right’s Slow-Motion Suicide http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/29/social-conservatives-face-the-precipice.html 38 comments politics
- Rick Santorum-linked hospital chain: child abuse, suicide attempts, loss of parents' rights, DOJ Medicaid fraud investigations http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/rick-santorum-uhs-hospitals-patient-rights_n_1276403.html 12 comments indepthstories
- "One speaker’s suggestion that there should be a special fast-track line for atheists at airports. Because, really, are there ever atheist suicide bombers?" - keep track at this blog for updates on the atheist convention in DC right now. http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/09/30/convention-day-2-brief-update/ 14 comments reddit.com
- Right to assisted suicide gets favorable argument in Massachusetts: With several justices dismissive of the idea that the state has a legitimate interest in making terminally ill patients suffer, Wednesday’s hearing could lead to a landmark ruling. https://www.courthousenews.com/right-to-assisted-suicide-gets-favorable-argument-in-massachusetts/ 12 comments politics
- Rick Santorum-Linked Hospital Chain Saw Suicide Attempts, Abuse, And Loss Of Parents' Rights http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/rick-santorum-uhs-hospitals-patient-rights_n_1276403.html?google_editors_picks=true 3 comments politics
- Ron Paul Was Right - Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor and former Air Force lecturer, will present findings on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that argue that the majority of suicide terrorism around the world since 1980 has had a common cause: military occupation. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/10/ron-paul-was-right.html 47 comments politics
- Smart gun technology ensures that the person has the right to fire the gun. It wouldn’t have prevented Uvalde, but it could stop a school shooting where an underage person illegally gained access to a weapon. And by limiting teen access to guns, it could slow a huge wave of suicides. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/27/smart-guns-fingerprints-uvalde-teen-suicides/ 70 comments technews