Deaths from physician-assisted suicide among terminally ill people in Oregon have been rising since the practice was legalised in 1997. … Read More
Assisted Dying Bill Committee Stage 7November 2014.
On 7 November the House of Lords began Committee Stage on Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill. In debate lasting from … Read More
The Crown Prosecution Service provides a clarification
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published a clarification of one aspect of its Policy for Prosecutors governing cases of … Read More
Assisted Dying Bill ‘unsatisfactory’, says legal think-tank.
A thoughtful article by legal think-tank Halsbury’s Law Exchange analyses Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill and gives its verdict. This … Read More
An assisted dying law would change the moral landscape.
In a balanced and thoughtful editorial published on the eve of the Second Reading of Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill … Read More
House of Lords debates assisted suicide guidelines.
The House of Lords discusses how cases of encouraging or assisting suicide are handled by the Crown Prosecution Service. On … Read More
An ‘Assisted Dying’ law would be no more than “a line in the sand”.
“Laws, like nation states, are more secure when their boundaries rest on natural frontiers”, writes Baroness Butler-Sloss. In an article … Read More
Right-to-die Bill a ‘blank cheque’ for assisted suicide, say senior judges.
Lord Falconer’s proposal would threaten public safety, Peers warn The Daily Telegraph reports today that “an attempt by Lord Falconer, the … Read More
Claims that the law is not fit for purpose do not stand up to serious scrutiny, say Peers.
Lord Falconer’s ‘assisted dying’ bill is “asking Parliament to sign a blank cheque” In a report published today by think-tank … Read More
‘Assisted Dying’ and the law.
An analysis of the Suicide Act 1961 and of how it works in practice. In a report published today, three … Read More