
Doctors air concerns over details of Scotland’s assisted dying bill
On January 20, Scottisch Daily Express reports that experts from Our Duty of Care (ODOC), healthcare professionals opposed to assisted suicide, sent briefing to MSPs
On January 20, Scottisch Daily Express reports that experts from Our Duty of Care (ODOC), healthcare professionals opposed to assisted suicide, sent briefing to MSPs
On January 10, Humanists UK published the consultation paper on assisted dying that the UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) planned to conduct in 2019. The
In early December, an inquiry was launched to explore the arguments across the debate with a focus on the healthcare aspects of assisted dying. The
On Saturday August 6, Archie Battersbee, the 12-year-old boy whose parents fought a long-running legal battle to prevent his life support treatment from being removed,
The Star Trek and X-Men star insisted terminally ill people should not be forced to end their lives in pain. In Scotland, the Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam
Last December, David Hunter helped his 75-year-old terminally ill wife Janice to die allegedly at her request. The British couple were living together in Paphos,
Pacts between couples who want to die are increasingly common in the absence of assisted dying, a coroner in the UK said. This remark was
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has declared she is “more open” to legalising assisted dying after being moved by the plight of terminally ill Scots.
This month an amendment to a Health and Care Bill that would have required UK Government action on assisted dying is voted down by the House
The last year introduced bill on assisted dying has attracted more public responses than any other in the history of the Scottish Parliament. The bill