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This week, MP Kim Leadbeater introduced her private members bill to introduce assisted suicide across England and Wales. The text of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has not yet…
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Canadian paper alarmed by MAiD lawA leading Canadian newspaper has issued a strong editorial against the country's assisted suicide (MAiD) legislation.
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Chilling Canadian cases demonstrate dangers of assisted suicideChilling cases under Canadian Medical Aid in Dying legislation demonstrate the dangers of doctor-assisted suicide.
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Nicola Sturgeon urged to oppose 'regressive' assisted suicide bill
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Assisted suicide laws increase suicide rates, economists say
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Expert academic attacks false claims of assisted suicide campaignersThe UK's leading assisted suicide group made inaccurate claims about suicide rates to aid its campaign, a leading academic has said.
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Assisted suicide bill rejected in Connecticut
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Sharp rise in Belgium euthanasia deaths
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Alarm over Oregon assisted suicide statsCampaigners have expressed concern about various aspects of Oregon's assisted suicide law after an analysis of new statistics was published.
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Warning against Connecticut Assisted Suicide legislationA senior doctor and academic has outlined his opposition to assisted suicide proposals in the US State of Connecticut. Jack Pike, a physician assistant of 46 years, argues that there is a…
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Relief as “underhand” move to introduce assisted suicide bill rejected by Peers
CARE has welcomed the defeat in the House of Lords of an “underhand” move to introduce assisted suicide legislation.
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Peer with disability: Assisted suicide says people like me are "better off dead"Lord Kevin Shinkwin has said assisted suicide implies people with disabilities are "better off dead".
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Paralympic medallist speaks out against assisted suicideDame Tanni Grey-Thompson has spoken out against proposals to legalise assisted suicide in the UK.
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End of life care to become a legal rightFor the first time in the history of the NHS, dying people will have an explicit legal right to healthcare, with every part of England to provide specialist palliative care.
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Legalising Assisted Suicide Leads To Increase In Overall Suicide Numbers
New research suggests countries that legalise assisted suicide also see an overall increase in non-assisted suicide rates.
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