Lord Falconer’s latest Bill has received its First Reading in the House of Lords Lord Falconer has reintroduced his ‘Assisted … Read More
Legalising ‘assisted dying’ would have been putting the cart before the horse.
Guernsey has focused on care of the dying rather than on giving them help with suicide The States of Guernsey, … Read More
Analysis of New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill.
Living and Dying Well submits evidence to the Justice Committee of the NZ Parliament for its examination of David Seymour’s … Read More
Commitment to the facts is needed.
This is a serious matter calling for careful weighing of the evidence and with no place for politically-motivated scaremongering Writing … Read More
Canada – A year of ‘Medical Aid in Dying’.
Canada’s death toll from euthanasia seems to be following the Dutch pattern Official data have been released on the first full … Read More
High Court Judgment in the case of Mr Noel Conway.
English law on assisting suicide is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. On 5 October 2017 the High … Read More
New Zealand parliament health committee responds to ‘Assisted Dying’ petition.
A balanced report enabling readers to make up their own minds The Health Committee of the New Zealand Parliament has … Read More
New Zealand Health Committee reports on ‘Assisted Dying’.
Response of the Health Committee to Petition 2014/18 of Hon. Maryan Street and Others. On 2 August 2017 the Health … Read More
Canada and euthanasia.
Canada’s MAID law seems to be following the example of The Netherlands and Belgium The first official data have been published on … 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