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Assisted suicide

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.

Latest news on Assisted suicide
Bill proposes extreme euthanasia regime for Isle of Man

Bill proposes extreme euthanasia regime for Isle of Man

An assisted suicide and euthanasia bill, more radical than any similar legislation in the US or recently proposed in the UK, will be debated later this month in the Isle of Man. The 'Assisted Dying Bill 2023' is set to receive a Second Reading in the House of Keys,...

Guernsey Deputy touts financial gains from assisted suicide

Guernsey Deputy touts financial gains from assisted suicide

Lester Queripel, a Deputy in the States of Guernsey, has said that assisted suicide should be considered as a cost-saving measure, as the States try to save millions of pounds. Queripel, Vice-President of the States’ Assembly & Constitution Committee, has made...

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