Read the latest official report from Oregon on the operation of that State’s physician-assisted suicide law. Here is the report … Read More
Assisted Dying Bill ‘unsatisfactory’, says legal think-tank.
A thoughtful article by legal think-tank Halsbury’s Law Exchange analyses Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill and gives its verdict. This … Read More
The Assisted Dying Bill (HL Bill 6): A critique.
An analysis by members of the House of Lords of the Assisted Dying Bill. Lord Falconer re-tabled his Assisted Dying … Read More
Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill – Call for written evidence.
Living and Dying Well’s submission in response to the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. The Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill which was presented … Read More
‘Assisted Dying’ and the law.
An analysis of the Suicide Act 1961 and of how it works in practice. In a report published today, three … Read More
Mental capacity and assisted suicide.
To what extent can mental capacity be reliably assessed in patients seeking physician-assisted suicide? In a report published today, psychiatrist … Read More
Another ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill: Does it pass the public safety test?
An Analysis of the Assisted Dying Bill. Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill had its First Reading in the House of Lords … Read More
Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington.
Oregon’s and Washington’s experience of Physician-Assisted Suicide. In this report (the first of two reports on the experience of jurisdictions which … Read More
Considering the evidence.
An analysis of the report of the Commission on Assisted Dying and of its published evidence. The self-styled Commission on … Read More
Parliament needs evidence, not soundbites or spin.
Claims that legalising ‘assisted dying’ would be safe do not stand up to careful scrutiny. In this critique Professor Baroness … Read More