Euthanasia generally involves a health practitioner administering a lethal dose to intentionally end a person’s life, usually in the form of a lethal injection.
Euthanasia is different from assisted suicide, in that assisted suicide involves the person ending their own life administering a lethal dose themselves, whereas euthanasia usually involves a health practitioner administering a lethal dose.
Assisted suicide is legal in a handful of jurisdictions globally including Holland, Belgium, Canada, Colombia and Luxembourg.
Right To Life UK campaigns against any attempt to legalise such euthanasia, and for the development of palliative care services and end of life care that remove any perceived need for euthanasia.
Tanni Grey-Thompson: assisted suicide will “fundamentally” change relationship between people with disabilities and society
Former Paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, has warned if assisted suicide becomes legal, it will "fundamentally" change the relationship between people with disabilities and society. Baroness Grey-Thompson also said that disabled people who have contacted her...
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...
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...