Professor David Albert Jones has published a paper which concludes that there is no reduction in non-assisted suicides in jurisdictions that … Read More
Euthanasia in Belgium: Shortcomings of the Law and Its Application and of the Monitoring of Practice
A new paper has been published by Belgian authors, who in the past have strongly promoted ‘assisted dying’, which reviews Belgian … Read More
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Consultation Response
An Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill has been proposed in Scotland by Liam McArthur MSP to enable competent … Read More
Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill: Analysis of the Second Reading Debate
The Assisted Dying Bill introduced to the House of Lords by Baroness Meacher received its Second Reading on 22nd October. … Read More
Association of Palliative Medicine urge Peers to reject Assisted Dying Bill
In a letter to Peers on behalf of the Association of Palliative Medicine, Dr Amy Proffitt (President), Dr Rosie Bronnert … Read More
Can doctors really be neutral on assisted dying?
The BMA’s decision to adopt a position of neutrality on the vexed question of ‘assisted dying’ was taken following a … Read More
BMA moves to neutrality on assisted dying by narrow margin
Today the British Medical Association voted to abandon its traditional opposition to assisted dying – a euphemism for assisted suicide … Read More
Briefing for Doctors: Assisted Dying and Medical Practice
Assisted Dying legislation has enormous impacts for medical practice. A great responsibility rests on the shoulders of those attending the … Read More
Canada Continues Down a Dangerous Path: The 2020 MAiD Report
This summer, Health Canada released the second annual report on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). The report contains several warning-signs … Read More