Lord Falconer has presented his long-heralded Private Member’s Bill to Parliament Lord Falconer’s long-heralded bill to legalise physician-assisted suicide for terminally … Read More
Assisted Dying Bill 2013-14.
Lord Falconer presents his Private Member’s Bill to Parliament. Lord Falconer has presented his promised ‘assisted dying’ bill to Parliament. … Read More
A licence for suicide by any other name.
Plans to present an ‘assisted dying’ bill to parliament raise some fundamental and troubling issues, says Lord Carlile of Berriew … Read More
Sound law-making requires clear language.
This is no matter of mere semantics. If Parliament is to be asked to legalise certain acts, it needs to … Read More
Peer makes new bid to change law on assisted dying.
“Terminally ill patients with less than a year to live would be able to seek the help of friends or … Read More
Safeguarding Choice: A draft assisted dying bill for consultation.
This document, which includes a draft bill seeking to legalise ‘assisted dying’ (ie physician-assisted suicide), was published in July 2012 by the … Read More
Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill.
A revised proposal by Margo MacDonald for the legalisation in Scotland of physician-assisted suicide. In 2010 MSP Margo MacDonald’s “End … Read More
Sick people need help to live, not help to die.
Proposals on assisted dying by Lord Falconer are not supported by the medical profession. On the day that Lord Falconer’s self-styled commission … Read More
A sensible decision north of the border.
Margo MacDonald’s “End of Life Assistance” bill has been heavily defeated in the Scottish Parliament Euphemism and verbal evasions and … Read More
End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill.
MSP Margo MacDonald’s 2010 “End of Life Assistance (Scotland)” Bill. We publish here the text of MSP Margo MacDonald’s first … Read More