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.
Man jailed for selling assisted suicide chemicals online
A man in England has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of selling assisted suicide chemicals through an online forum, leading to the deaths of two individuals in a case that is thought to be the first of its kind. Miles Cross, 33,...
Double gas chamber suicide pod for couples, Dr Death’s latest invention
A pro-assisted suicide campaigner who has been accused of publishing material online that has reportedly been linked to the deaths of over 90 people in the United Kingdom, including the suicides of several teenagers, has invented a suicide gas chamber for couples to...
Scotland: Employment protection for conscientious objectors removed from assisted suicide Bill
MSPs are being asked to vote on the assisted suicide Bill in Scotland, despite the fact that employment protections for medical professionals who conscientiously refuse to participate in the procedure will have to be removed since they are beyond the scope of...
Spanish euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths increase by almost 30% in 2024
Spain has experienced an almost 30% increase in assisted suicide and euthanasia in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to newly released data. Released at the end of last year, the statistics have revealed that 426 people ended their own lives by assisted...
Wrap up: House of Lords assisted suicide Committee Stage – Day 6
As Peers subjected the assisted suicide Bill to its sixth day of Committee Stage scrutiny on Friday 16 January, over 80% of speakers who made speeches spoke against the Bill, and the Bill's sponsor in the House of Lords came under intense criticism for his openness to...
Assisted suicide Bill sponsor calls for yet more of Parliament’s time to be spent on the Bill
The sponsor of the assisted suicide Bill, Lord Falconer, has introduced a motion calling for more time in Parliament to be devoted to the assisted suicide Bill. The motion was introduced in the House of Lords on Thursday, 8 January. While the motion was accepted, it...