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Assisted dying by the back door

by Anthony McCarthy, spiked Why is the BMA advising doctors on how best to starve and dehydrate their patients? The anthropologist Mary Douglas once noted of taboos: ‘Without the t...

Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letters

Readers respond to an article by Dr Zubir Ahmed, who argued that better palliative care should be prioritised before assisted dying is legalisedI work as a renal physician, includi...

Assisted Death Is Not a Choice of Last Resort in Canada

Assisted dying accounts for more than 5 percent of deaths in Canada.

Assisted suicide does not mean a dignified death

from Christian Concern The recent case of Christa Pike, whose execution failed despite the administration of lethal drugs, has raised serious questions about the reliability of the...

Official 'death dossier' reveals how GPs could learn to help patients end their own lives if assisted dying law is passe...

Family doctors in England and Wales could receive a 90-minute online training session and an hour-long digital 'interactive session' about euthanasia.

Assisted dying will end almost twice as many lives as expected

by Janet Eastham, Telegraph Government officials raise central estimate from around 13,500 deaths to more than 25,000 The number of people expected to die through assisted deaths i...

MPs recount personal experiences as they debate assisted dying bill – video

MPs have been debating a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, afte...

Assisted dying debate live: MPs reject bill after tense Commons debate as Esther Rantzen laments ‘tragic day’

The bill would have allowed terminally ill people in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to seek an assisted death, subject to approval by doctors and legal profes...

Debate on assisted dying centres on palliative care

from Religion Media Centre Lord David Blunkett has joined more than 58,000 people and almost 300 MPs and peers in a campaign calling on the government to improve end-of-life care,...

How Britain Escaped Assisted Suicide

by Dan Hitchens, First Things In June 2025 Janet Daby, the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East, started having nightmares: terrible images of death and dying that disturbed her...

Government admits disabled people may face ‘subtle pressure’ to choose an assisted death, if bill passes

by John Pring, Disability News Service A new government assessment has admitted that disabled people – and particularly older disabled people – could face subtle pressure to choose...

House of Commons narrowly rejects attempt to legalise assisted dying

The Bill was voted down by a majority of 16, after 286 voted against while 270 voted in favour.

Umbria becomes fifth Italian region to approve assisted suicide law

Regional council backs citizens’ bill in memory of journalist Laura Santi, as regions act to fill the gap left by parliament. Umbria has become the fifth Italian region to pass a...

At what cost assisted dying?

by By David Smith MP and Blair McDougall MP, New Statesman Two members of Labour’s 2024 intake argue that we risk creating a private market for death, undermining the founding prin...

Christian, pro-life groups rally against assisted suicide

Andy Burnham appears less keen on assisted suicide than Keir Starmer.

‘Assisted dying: why the choice to die with dignity matters’

This Friday MPs will once again be voting on the assisted dying bill. I know many of my… The post ‘Assisted dying: why the choice to die with dignity matters’ appeared first on Lab...

'End-of-life care in Britain must improve after assisted dying bill failed in Commons'

"If MPs are not prepared to change the law on assisted dying, they carry an even greater responsibility to make sure nobody feels abandoned when death approaches"

UK lawmakers reject assisted dying bill after emotional debate

U.K. lawmakers rejected a bill that would have allowed terminally ill adults in England and Wales to seek assisted dying under strict safeguards.

MPs Reject Bid To Make Assisted Dying Legal In England And Wales

Four terminally ill women stage a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in April.A bid to make assisted dying legal in England and Wales has failed after MPs rejected it.After n...

‘A tragic day’: campaigners react as MPs say no to legalising assisted dying

Opponents say proposed law change for England and Wales was ‘unsafe and unworkable’ after bill is narrowly defeatedAs it became clear that MPs had voted against the assisted dying...

Assisted dying will not become law after MPs vote down bill in dramatic U-turn

Bill defeated by 286 votes to 270 – a majority of just 16 – in major setback for supporters of assisted dying

On assisted dying, MPs grappled with a difficult bill | Letters

Readers respond to the bill’s narrow defeat in the Commons earlier this monthFor many, the failure of the assisted dying bill (MPs vote against legalising assisted dying in England...

Assisted Suicide: Statement from Church of England bishops belonging to The Society

MPs hit out at bid to 'railroad' assisted dying law through Parliament as they warn about 'unsafe' legislation ahead of...

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is due to have its Second Reading in the Commons on Friday after being reintroduced by Labour's Lauren Edwards.