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 with disability whose life is at risk under Canada’s assisted dying law urges Scotland not to do the same
A Canadian man who recorded hospital staff offering him assisted suicide, despite him being clear he did not wish to end his life, has urged Scotland not to follow Canada down the “dark path” of introducing assisted dying. As MSPs prepare to debate and vote on Liam...
Visit your MP, ask them to vote against the assisted suicide Bill – it “makes a difference”, says former MP
Opponents of Kim Leadbeater's assisted suicide Bill are being urged to help defeat the Bill by visiting their MPs and asking them to vote against the Bill, as a former MP said that visiting MPs “makes a difference”. Ahead of Report Stage of the Terminally Ill...
Peter Singer faces backlash for endorsing assisted suicide for a “complete” life
The prominent philosophy professor, Peter Singer, who has previously written that parents should be allowed to euthanise babies with disabilities, is now facing a backlash after he endorsed assisted suicide for those who feel their life is "complete". Philosophers...
Health Secretary will not vote in support of assisted suicide at Third Reading
After Committee Stage scrutiny, the Health Secretary has confirmed that he has not changed his mind about the assisted suicide Bill and will not be voting for the Bill when it returns to the Commons. While Wes Streeting did vote in support of an assisted suicide Bill...
Canadian man denied surgery offered ’assisted dying’
A man from Canada who struggled to access surgery for an injury sustained at work was offered assisted dying, raising concerns that similar situations could arise in England and Wales if Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill becomes law. According to reports, the...
Welsh Parliament will get a vote on whether assisted suicide introduced to Wales
The Welsh Parliament (Senedd) will have an opportunity to vote on whether a Bill to legalise assisted suicide, which is being debated in Westminster, will apply to Wales. Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which seeks to legalise assisted...