Posts tagged
Assisted Dying
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Scottish Government to be given power to authorise the use of “death row drugs” for assisted suicide
Labour Ministers have been accused of interfering in Scottish affairs and trying to bury bad news by making the announcement on the last day of Parliament before Christmas.
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In the space of a single week, New York and Illinois have crossed a grave moral threshold to legalise assisted suicide.
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The Health Secretary was left speechless after being asked to consider whether the introduction of assisted suicide in England and Wales would be safe.
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The leaked policy note has raised serious questions about the Government’s claimed neutrality on assisted suicide.
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In a dramatic turn of events, the battle over the legalisation of assisted suicide in England and Wales is now on course to continue until late April 2026.
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Turnout was just over 40 percent, and the “no” vote comfortably met the legal threshold for revoking legislation.
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Kit Malthouse has raised concerns that technical or procedural manoeuvres are being used in the House of Lords to block the assisted suicide Bill.
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She warned that it could put people with eating disorders at grave risk.
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The vast majority of amendments to the Bill have been uniformly dismissed.
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The University of Technology Sydney has proposed to discontinue three postgraduate courses in palliative care in the wake of new assisted suicide law.
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Oral evidence to the Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill concluded last week. Again, the expert witnesses voiced a range of concerns they have with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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Tuesday, 4 November saw Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill begin Stage 2 deliberations with crucial votes on safeguards, palliative care and the criteria for eligibility.
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The Select Committee hearing evidence about the Terminally Ill Adults Bill met again last week. Again, the expert witnesses drew out multiple problems with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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Routh described himself as a “constant failure” and expressed a wish to be placed in a prison that allows what he called “medical aid in dying”.
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Patrick Harvie MSP, has proposed what critics describe as “totalitarian” plans to introduce abortion clinic-style buffer zones around locations where assisted suicide could take place.