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Assisted Suicide Soars in California

California has experienced the highest number of yearly assisted suicides on record, with a total of 1,235 deaths in 2025, a 149.49% increase over five years.

Released this week, the California End of Life Option Act 2025 Data Report shows a 10.96% increase in total deaths from assisted suicide compared with the previous year, when there were 1,113 assisted suicides. There was an almost 150% increase in assisted suicides in California in 2025 compared with 2020, when there were 495 assisted suicides.

Under California’s End of Life Option Act, a resident of the state can be provided with life-ending drugs if they are thought to have six months or less to live. Since California made assisted suicide legal in June 2016, a total of 6,758 people have ended their lives this way.

The 1,235 deaths account for 0.438% of all deaths for residents of California in 2025.

Among those who ended their lives by state-assisted suicide, the concerns that contributed to the decision to end their lives were primarily non-medical. These included 84.1% of those who ended their lives saying “loss of dignity”, 96.10% saying being “less able to engage in activities making life enjoyable”, and 94.70% saying “loss of autonomy” were contributing reasons for ending their lives by assisted suicide.

The data for 2025 also shows that in almost half of all cases – 47.4% – it is unknown whether or not there were any complications following the ingestion of the life-ending drugs. In cases where it is known whether an individual experienced complications after ingesting the assisted suicide drugs, the complication rate was 3.38%. 

The report states, “Individuals who regained consciousness are not counted as [End of Life Option Act] deaths”, implying there were at least some people who ingested the lethal drugs and did not, in fact, die.

The data for 2025 revealed that, in 30 instances, those who died by assisted suicide decided not to inform their family of their decision to end their life.

85.5% of those who ended their lives in California in 2025 through assisted suicide were white, despite making up only 34.7% of the population according to the most recent census data.

'No Pride Month' Jail Threat

A group of young Swiss conservative activists will go on trial next week and could face prison time for carrying a massive white cross that said “No Pride Month” into a Catholic church during an ecumenical pro-LGBT “pride” service in 2022 and later holding a sign protesting a “drag queen story hour.”

In a video posted August 27 on social media, three members of “Junge Tat,” a group of young Swiss conservative activists, spoke out about the decision by the Zurich Public Prosecutor’s office to charge and put them on trial September 4 for carrying a massive 2.4-meter white cross with the words “No Pride Month” into Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church during an ecumenical service celebrating LGBT “pride” in June 2022.

The Junge Tat members are also being charged for another incident that year when they held up a sign saying “family not gender ideology” during a “drag queen story hour” event, among other activities.

Some of the charges against the young activists include “racial discrimination,” “interfering with freedom of religion and worship,” and “violations of the Explosives Act.” The leaders of Junge Tat are facing up to 15 months in prison, with six months to be served, as well as nearly 50,000 Swiss Francs in fines.

“Is freedom of speech still upheld in democratic Switzerland? Certainly, for leftists, liberals, or the state broadcaster SRF. And for right-wing and dissident opinions?” Manuel Corchia, one of the group’s leaders, pondered in the video.

Tobias Lingg, another Junge Tat leader, continued, “For example, is it still allowed to say ‘family instead of gender ideology’ or ‘No Pride Month?’ Can you wear a cross with this inscription to a church service? According to the Zurich Sihl public prosecutor’s office, ‘No.'”

After declaring that they, as right-wing activists, are now being punished for “opinion offenses,” they delved into the absurdity of these charges.

“We are accused of, at a ‘Pride service,’ having attacked religious beliefs thematically and mocked the cross. We, who on that day placed a white cross with the inscription ‘No Pride Month’ in that service, are said to have mocked Christianity and the cross,” Lingg said.