Assisted suicide usually involves a health practitioner prescribing a lethal dose for a person to administer themselves, usually by swallowing a combination of drugs.
In the United Kingdom, the Suicide Act 1961 legalised the attempt to take one’s own life, but it kept illegal the assistance of another’s death.
Assisted suicide is legal in a handful of jurisdictions globally including Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and a small number of states in the US.
Right To Life UK campaigns against any attempt to legalise assisted suicide, and for the development of palliative care services and end of life care that remove any perceived need for assisted suicide.
Fears life insurance payouts create “economic incentive” for assisted dying under new French law
Life insurers must pay out in instances where death has occurred as a result of assisted suicide or euthanasia, according to a carve-out in the new French assisted dying law. This has raised concerns that this will create an "economic incentive" to end your life by...
High-profile people with disabilities line up to call on Prime Minister to delay assisted suicide Bill
Many prominent people with disabilities in the arts, media, journalism, academia, and the charity sector have called on the Prime Minister to stop the assisted suicide Bill progressing and instead fix palliative and end-of-life care. Those people joining the call...
California sees record assisted suicide deaths after 150% rise in five years
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...
Hospices in England faced £70 million deficit last year, increasing fears about legalising assisted suicide
Hospices in England have made significant cuts to services after ending the last financial year with a deficit of over £70 million, as the Prime Minister says the care sector’s funding issues must be fixed before assisted suicide is debated. According to Hospice UK,...
Labour MP, Adam Jogee: We must fix palliative care before considering assisted suicide
A Labour Party MP has argued that end-of-life care must be fixed ahead of any debate about the legalisation of assisted suicide, echoing comments made by the Prime Minister last month. Just weeks before Second Reading of the new assisted suicide Bill on 11 September,...
Canadian man has life ended by euthanasia after being turned down for hospice care, family says
A man has had his life ended by euthanasia after being turned down for hospice care because his disease was twice deemed not serious enough for hospice care, according to his daughter. Colleen De Vos, from Canada, revealed how her father, who had been diagnosed with...