Guernsey has focused on care of the dying rather than on giving them help with suicide The States of Guernsey, … 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
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 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
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
Court rejects challenge to legal prohibition of assisted suicide.
The High Court has rejected an appeal for legalisation of assisted suicide The High Court has rejected an appeal against … Read More
Assisting suicide is not a role for doctors.
On 21 June the British Medical Association, at its Annual Representative Meeting, rejected a Motion that its policy of opposition … Read More
First, do no harm.
Doctors should stand up the the assisted suicide lobby, says The Daily Telegraph. In an editorial The Daily Telegraph has commented on … Read More
A better deal for the terminally ill.
Private Member’s Bill seeks to ensure equal access to palliative care for all who need it Baroness Finlay’s Access to Palliative … Read More
A decisive rejection.
The House of Commons has rejected Rob Marris’s Assisted Dying Bill by a substantial majority Today the House of Commons … Read More