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.
Public does not support Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, polling reveals
New polling has revealed that the public does not support Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, even among those who support assisted suicide in principle, and it does not support forcing the Bill into law without the consent of the House of Lords. The...
Belgium: Record 4% of all deaths were assisted deaths in 2025
Belgium had a record 4,486 assisted deaths in 2025, an increase of 12.4% on the previous year, accounting for 4% of all deaths in the country, with almost a quarter of all deaths not expected in the short-term. According to the annual review released by Belgium's...
Assisted suicide prescriptions in Oregon reach record high in 2025
A record number of people received prescriptions for assisted suicide in Oregon in 2025, the state’s Health Authority has revealed, as the state records its second-highest yearly assisted suicide death toll. The latest annual assisted suicide report ‘2025 Oregon...
Wrap up: House of Lords assisted suicide Committee Stage – Day 12
Peers subjected the assisted suicide Bill to its twelfth day of Committee Stage scrutiny on Friday 20 March. Campaigners questioned the Government's neutrality on the assisted suicide Bill, after it created seven additional sitting Fridays for the Bill in the House of...
Spain: Rape victim disabled after suicide attempt ends life by euthanasia
A Spanish woman who became paraplegic following a failed suicide attempt ended her life by euthanasia last night after a legal challenge to prevent her death failed. According to legal rulings, the 25-year-old woman, Noelia Castillo Ramos, had a psychiatric illness...
Wrap-up: Scotland rejects assisted suicide after historic debate
The Scottish assisted suicide Bill was defeated on Tuesday 17 March in a major victory for opponents of the Bill by 69 votes to 57. This defeat has likely settled the issue in Scotland for a generation after a two-year national debate, and will likely contribute to...