Overseas
Why are so many doctors and politicians concerned about the legalisation of 'assisted dying?' Partly, it is because they follow developments from places such as Oregon, Canada and Belgium where assisted suicide and/or euthanasia has already been legalised.
In this section you will find a wide range of reports on how well the law is working in jurisdictions which have gone down the 'assisted dying' route.
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The number of people who died under the Death With Dignity Act has risen yet again.
Canada’s Federal Government makes plans to extend MAID.
Washington State: Legalised Physician Assisted Suicide in 2018.
Briefing from Oregon: House Bill 2232.
Physician assisted suicides in Oregon rise sharply.
Twenty years of physician-assisted suicide in Oregon.
Analysis of New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill.
New Zealand Medical Association opposed to ‘Assisted Dying’.
Year 20 report on Oregon’s ‘Death with Dignity Act’.
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