The Law
'If it ain't broken, don't fix it,' goes the well-known adage. Is our current law on assisted suicide working effectively? How well are assisted suicide and euthanasia laws working other countries? Are the safeguards enshrined in law, enough to protect the vulnerable?
Below are numerous reports examining in detail the data from at home and abroad concerning the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia.
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A Fine Line
Another ‘assisted dying’ bill: Careful analysis needed.
Assisted Dying Bill 2013-14.
A licence for suicide by any other name.
Sound law-making requires clear language.
Suicide isn’t a criminal offence but that doesn’t mean it’s a ‘right’.
Marie Fleming – The Supreme Court’s judgment.
This is not what the debate is about.
Court of Appeal issues judgment on ‘right-to-die’ cases.
Medicine
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