Assisted dying is legal or partly legal in about a dozen countries, and more are considering allowing it.
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Where Is Assisted Dying Legal? And What Countries Are Considering It?
Assisted dying is legal or partly legal in about a dozen countries, and more are considering allowing it.
UK Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Assisted Dying After Emotional Debate
After an emotional debate, Parliament voted on Friday in favor of allowing assisted suicide for some terminally ill people in England and Wales.
Britain’s Emotional Debate Over Assisted Dying
As lawmakers prepare to vote on legalizing assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales, an intense public discussion has unfolded.
The U.K. Will Debate Legalizing Assisted Dying. Here’s What to Know.
A bill introduced in the House of Commons could legalize assisted dying for the terminally ill, under strict conditions. A similar proposal was rejected in 2015.
In Switzerland, Reported Use of Suicide Capsule Inflames Debate
The Swiss police said they had detained “several individuals” after a 64-year-old American woman reportedly died by suicide using the controversial device.
In Canada, Assisted Death May Soon Be Available for the Mentally Ill
The country is divided over a law that would allow patients suffering from mental health illnesses to apply for assisted death.
Police Investigate About 100 Suicides Linked To Canadian Man
The Canadian police charged Kenneth Law with aiding 14 suicides, including that of Ashtyn Prosser, and 88 other deaths are being reviewed by Britain’s National Crime Agency.
A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan. What Did He Mean?
Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button.
Is Choosing Medically Assisted Death Too Easy in Canada?
Since the government expanded the eligibility for assisted death last year to include those with disabilities, critics have been saying there should be more checks and balances.