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
Coroners and Justice Bill – Encouraging or Assisting Suicide.
Debate on Lord Falconer’s proposed amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill – 7 July 2009. The Coroners and Justice … Read More
Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (2005).
Lord Joffe’s second Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. Here we provide the text of Lord Joffe’s 2005 Assisted … Read More
Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill – Select Committee Report (Volume 3).
A small selection of individual submissions made to the select committee. The select committee, which examined Lord Joffe’s 2004 Assisted … Read More