A new survey reveals that a majority of Dutch people support the legalization of assisted dying. The survey, conducted by the NVVL, found that 80% of those who have experienced an elderly loved one wishing to die are in favor of such legislation. This support has remained consistent over the past few years, with only a slight decrease in the …
A new bill aiming to legalise assisted dying in Britain is to be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Labour politician Kim Leadbeater will introduce a bill granting terminally ill people in England and Wales a way to allow physicians to help them die. The bill is likely to be similar to an assisted dying bill introduced in …
British lawmakers will soon consider whether to give terminally ill adults a choice to end their lives with medical assistance. The practice is currently illegal in England and Wales, but proponents argue that public opinion has shifted in recent years and that mentally competent, terminally ill adults deserve to have the choice to end their lives.
The Supreme Court has allowed passive euthanasia and execution of a living will of persons suffering from chronic terminal diseases and likely to go into a permanent vegetative state. The court's ruling upholds the right to die with dignity and lays down procedural guidelines governing the advance directive of a living will.
