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It is just under a year and a half ago that I found myself writing a piece called ‘A Black Friday’.
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Text of UK assisted suicide bill publishedLabour MP Lauren Edwards has published the text of her bill to introduce assisted suicide in the UK. The legislation is largely the same as the bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater in…
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France approves assisted suicide lawThe National Assembly in France has voted to approve assisted suicide legislation, despite being rejected three times by the French Senate.
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The BMA recommends safeguards for Assisted Suicide
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Child under 12 euthanised in the Netherlands
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MPs to revisit assisted suicide legislation in ParliamentLabour MP for Rochester and Stood, Lauren Edwards, has said that she plans to bring an assisted suicide bill back to Parliament as a Private Member’s Bill. The legislation proposed will be…
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Private Members' Ballot could lead to another assisted suicide Bill
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Polling shows there is no 'public consent' for assisted suicide
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Assisted suicide prescriptions in Oregon hit record high in 2025The latest data for the U.S. state of Oregon, where assisted suicide is legal, shows that a record number of people received assisted suicide prescriptions last year. It also recorded the second-highest…
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Over a hundred MPs write to the Prime Minister in support of assisted suicideOver 150 MPs have signed letters to Prime Minister Keir Starmer raising concerns about the slow progress of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and asking him to intervene to…
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Westminster Assisted Suicide Bill now highly likely to fallThe Assisted Suicide Bill at Westminster is now highly likely to fall due after the government refused to give it any more parliamentary time.
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Jersey vote to approve assisted suicide legislationPoliticians in Jersey have voted on Thursday to introduce assisted suicide laws to the island. The States Assembly already approved the principles and draft legislation for the practice to become law over…
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Scottish doctors warn against Assisted Suicide BillScotland’s top doctors have raised “significant collective concern” about the removal of safeguards from the assisted suicide bill which will be voted on in Holyrood in March. The Scottish Government have said…
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World’s first face transplant using assisted suicide donor performed in SpainSurgeons in Spain have carried out what is believed to be the world’s first facial transplant using tissue from a donor who chose assisted suicide.
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Assisted suicide bill could bypass the LordsSupporters of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End Of Life) Bill have expressed dismay over the time taken for the legislation to pass the House of Lords. They have suggested that, if…
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