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Euthanasia

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.

Latest news on Euthanasia
Doctors in Canada propose euthanasia for babies with disabilities

Doctors in Canada propose euthanasia for babies with disabilities

Doctors in Canada have said euthanasia for newborn babies who are born with disabilities "may be an appropriate treatment", as concerns grow about the expansion of Canada’s euthanasia and assisted suicide programme. Speaking on behalf of the Quebec College of...