The Danish Ethics Council have published a new report following a comprehensive investigation into assisted dying during which they considered … Read More
Assisted Dying in Canada During 2022: A Worrying Trend
Please find the full report available as a PDF here. Canada’s long awaited Medical Assistant in Dying (MAiD) report for … Read More
Oregon Death with Dignity Act Access: 25 Year Analysis
Please find the full British Medical Journal article available to view and download as a PDF here. Critical data gaps … Read More
Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in People with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders: Investigation of 39 Dutch Case Reports (2012–2021)
Please find below a paper by Dr Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Baroness Ilora Finlay, Baroness Sheila Hollins and Prof Leopold Curfs investigating … Read More
Submission to the Jersey Consultation on Assisted Dying
Please find below LDW’s submission to the public consultation on assisted dying in Jersey. Download it here.
Review of Evidence: Canada
– Assisted dying has been legal in Canada since 2016. In its first year, 1,018 people died by medical assistance … Read More
Evidence to the Canadian Parliament Special Joint Committee on MAiD
Extract of evidence to the Canadian Special Parliamentary Committee on Medical Assisted Dying Committee/Comité Aide médicale à mourir AMAD@parl.gc.ca Professor … 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
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
Latest report reveals sharp rise in Oregon Assisted Deaths
The Oregon Health Authority has published its latest report on the incidence and characteristics of deaths as a result of legalised assisted suicide – that is, as a result of taking lethal drugs supplied by doctors under the terms of Oregon’s 1997 Death with Dignity Act (DWDA).