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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
Scotland: Senior MSPs speak out against assisted suicide bill

Scotland: Senior MSPs speak out against assisted suicide bill

A senior Conservative MSP has come out in opposition to making assisted suicide legal in Scotland, citing her concerns about "legislative creep". Earlier this week, Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian and Convenor of Holyrood's Education, Children and Young People Committee,...

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