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.
Doctors wrong in over half of cases when a patient is thought to be terminally ill
Senior professors of palliative care and oncology are raising concerns about the 'impossibility' of accurately predicting the length of time a patient will survive as MPs contemplate the scope of the proposed assisted suicide Bill. Last week, Labour MP Kim...
Assisted suicide Bill receives first reading paving way for vote next month
An assisted suicide Bill received its First Reading today as MPs prepare for a vote on the issue before December. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater tabled her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill earlier today and, while details of the Bill have not yet been released,...
Canada: woman offered euthanasia when she went for her mastectomy
A woman in Canada was offered the choice of euthanasia or assisted suicide multiple times, including once as she was about to undergo life-saving surgery for breast cancer - a situation that medical professionals have said is not uncommon. Speaking anonymously, the...
Dignity in Dying’s own poll shows only 43% want their MP to vote for legalising assisted suicide
Fewer than half of the public want their MP to vote for legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in the UK, according to polling from assisted suicide lobby group, Dignity in Dying. In a survey of 10,897 UK adults conducted earlier this year, only 43% of the...
Campaigners already pushing to extend assisted suicide to people without terminal illness
With the assisted suicide Bill set to be voted on at the end of November, campaigners are already pushing to extend assisted suicide to people without terminal illnesses. Earlier this week, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater tabled her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill...
Labour MPs call to extend assisted suicide to people without terminal illness
Dozens of Labour MPs are backing proposals to widen the scope of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill to apply to those who are not terminally ill. This is despite assurances from Leadbeater that making assisted suicide legal will not lead to a ‘slippery...
