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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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Press release: CARE says narrative around David Hunter case troublingDavid Hunter, a retired miner who suffocated his cancer-stricken wife to death, has walked free from a Cyprus court.
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German Parliament rejects assisted suicide proposalsFresh assisted suicide proposals have been voted down, twice, by the German Parliament, where politicians rejected two bids to create wide-ranging legal frameworks to allow assisted suicide.
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Canadian army-veterans diagnosed with PTSD offered euthanasia
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Royal College of Surgeons votes to drop opposition to assisted suicideAs debate around assisted suicide continues to develop, the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has voted to drop its opposition and to adopt a neutral position.
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Scotland: faith leaders unite in opposition to assisted suicide bill
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Disability campaigners challenge California assisted suicide lawDisability campaigners in California have mounted a legal challenge to the state's assisted suicide law, arguing that it should be struck down as "unconstitutional".
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Canadian man supplied poison to suicidal young people in UKAn undercover investigation by The Times newspaper exposes a Canadian chef who supplied poison to suicidal people in the UK.
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Euthanasia to include children of all ages in NetherlandsThe Netherlands has extended its euthanasia regulations, making it possible for doctors to assist the death of terminally ill children under 12 who are suffering “unbearably and without hope”.
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Assisted Suicide moves a step closer in France despite opposition from doctorsPresident Macron has instructed the French government to explore whether assisted suicide or euthanasia should be legalised in France.
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Peers warn against legal assisted suicideAssisted suicide would devastate palliative care and expose vulnerable people to extreme risks, peers have warned.
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US campaigners oppose assisted suicide safeguards on telemedicine consultationsUS campaigners are opposing new measures on dispensing dangerous drugs that would add safeguards to assisted suicide laws.
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Calls to euthanise babies and children in Canada, as government considers wider lawAuthorities in Canada face calls for euthanasia of newborn babies and children, following a rapid expansion of legislation in the country.
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