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.
Reform UK expected to pledge to repeal proposed assisted suicide and abortion to birth laws if they pass House of Lords, Mail On Sunday reports
Reform UK is expected to pledge to repeal the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill and the Antoniazzi abortion up to birth amendments at the next General Election if these proposed law changes become law, according to The Mail on Sunday. Referring to the proposed change...
Leadbeater refuses to back amendment to ban ‘Dr Death’s suicide pods
Kim Leadbeater has refused to distance herself from the Sarco gas chamber assisted suicide pods after she failed to back an amendment to her Bill, which would ban the use of the portable gas chambers. Sarco inventor Philip Nitschke, who is nicknamed “Dr Death” and...
Third Reading wrap-up: MPs vote through assisted suicide Bill in narrowest margin yet, as opposition confident it will be overturned
Last Friday, MPs voted by 314 to 291 in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading, amidst growing cross-party concern about the risks the Bill poses to vulnerable people. This marks a significant drop in support for the Bill, which passed...
More MPs change their mind to indicate they will vote against assisted suicide Bill
In a further sign that the tide is turning against Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, reports are emerging that opposition to the Bill among MPs is growing, as two more MPs have changed their minds and indicated they will vote against the Bill at Third Reading...
Royal College of Pathologists voices concerns over assisted dying Bill
This week, another key medical body, the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), has voiced concerns over Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, leading to further calls for MPs to vote against the Bill. The RCPath, which is the lead college for medical examiners,...
Man nearly dies after allegedly taking partner’s assisted suicide drugs
A man in Queensland, Australia, has nearly died after allegedly taking his partner’s lethal drugs for an assisted suicide. The couple allegedly joined a health worker in drinking shots of alcohol at Gold Coast University Hospital’s ‘Voluntary Assisted Dying’(VAD) unit...