English law on assisting suicide is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. On 5 October 2017 the High … Read More
Appeal Against Assisted Suicide Law Rejected
After Parliament’s rejection of legalisation, it would be ‘institutionally inappropriate’ for the courts to re-open the matter The decision of … Read More
Court rejects challenge to legal prohibition of assisted suicide.
The High Court has rejected an appeal for legalisation of assisted suicide The High Court has rejected an appeal against … Read More
South African High Court Order on assisted suicide overruled.
South Africa’s Supreme Court has upheld a Government Appeal against a 2015 High Court Order allowing assisted suicide. The Supreme … Read More
Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon in 2015.
The latest report from Oregon on that State’s physician-assisted suicide law reveals another substantial rise in such deaths and an … Read More
No legal basis for normalising suicide.
Laws are more than just regulatory instruments: they send social messages In an article in The Daily Telegraph on the day Parliament … Read More
The Assisted Dying No. 2 Bill
It is neither right nor safe to change the law on assisting suicide Rob Marris’s Private Member’s Bill would license … Read More
Assisted Dying No.2 Bill.
Should Parliament License Assistance with Suicide? A supplementary report. In our last report, we examined proposals by Lord Falconer and … Read More
Parliament should not license assistance with suicide – it is neither necessary nor safe to do so.
Rob Marris MP’s Assisted Dying No. 2 Bill would license physician-assisted suicide in England and Wales. It fails to provide … Read More
Should Parliament license assistance with suicide?
An analysis of proposals currently before Parliament. There are currently two Private Member bills in Parliament seeking to legalise assisted … Read More