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.
Leadbeater refuses to prevent doctors from bringing up assisted suicide unprompted despite concerns this could be coercive
Sponsor of the assisted suicide Bill, Kim Leadbeater, has refused to introduce safeguards to prevent doctors from bringing up assisted suicide with their patients unprompted, despite concerns raised by witnesses last week that such an action could itself be a form of...
Assisted suicide row as 1 in 5 given six months to live then survive for three years, according to government data
Lives could be ”tragically cut short” if assisted suicide becomes law, palliative care specialists have warned, after Government figures revealed patients who are given six months to live frequently survive for a further three years. According to data obtained by The...
Man who signed up to Dignitas after misdiagnosis of motor neurone disease speaks out against assisted suicide Bill
A man, who initiated the assisted suicide process by contacting an assisted suicide clinic after doctors misdiagnosed him with motor neurone disease, has shared the serious concerns he has about the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill under which he believes he would...
James Cleverly launches assisted suicide amendment to protect against death due to feeling like a burden
The former Home Secretary has introduced an amendment to Kim Leadbeater's assisted suicide Bill to prevent people eligible under the Bill from ending their lives because they feel they are a burden and have a "duty to die". James Cleverly MP intends to amend the...
Former high court judge calls for extension of assisted suicide to people without terminal illness
Campaigners are calling for the assisted suicide Bill to be expanded for people without terminal illnesses. Under Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, only those thought to have six months or less to live are eligible to apply for assistance in...
Assisted suicide Bill given “blank cheque” while palliative care remains underfunded
Parliament has granted a "blank cheque" for Kim Leadbeater's assisted suicide Bill amid an outcry from MPs concerned about cost implications in an underfunded palliative care sector. On Wednesday, as part of the process for passing a bill, MPs had to agree on a 'money...