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A timely reminder for those weary of continually revived 'assisted dying' proposals that the defences we return to are no less valid - and that 'dignity' may have been hijacked, but it has not been redefined
Britain's law on assisted suicide is not 'broken' and does not need 'fixing'
The assisted suicide of Gill Pharaoh reminds us that actually, there are limits to choice
Lord Falconer and Rob Marris invite the UK to follow Oregon. Washington State did (to the letter) and their latest, 2014, figures are up again
Almost seven weeks after it was announced, and barely seven weeks until MPs - many of whom are now on holiday - debate it, the Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill is finally published
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has found the latest Nicklinson/Lamb legal challenge to be 'manifestly ill-founded and declared it inadmissible'
Disabled people descended on Westminster in droves this week to lobby MPs on Rob Marris's Assisted Dying (No 2) Bill
Hospice care is most often associated with illnesses like cancer, but a series of personal accounts published to mark MND Awareness Month shows its potential goes much further
Hospice UK's Jonathan Ellis questions the repeated dismissal of hospice care in television dramas - and the impact this has on popular opinion
Prime Minister David Cameron tells a packed House of Commons that he remains opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia
Labour MP wins chance to bring Lord Falconer's 'assisted dying' bill before the House of Commons. Will MPs follow the House of Lords, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Tynwald in saying 'no'?
Assisted suicide advocates lose sight of the limits they have set for themselves as another Briton dies at Dignitas
The Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill 'would reinforce the concept that my life and those of others with life-shortening conditions are not worth living and are not of the same value'
Read, in their own words, why MSPs voted to again reject assisted suicide
The full lists of those MSPs who voted for and against the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill at Stage One debate on 27 May 2015
In a free vote at Holyrood, MSPs have thrown out the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill at Stage One by 82 votes to 36, in a clear repudiation of the principles of the Bill
Care Not Killing's campaign against the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill has been prominent in the news ahead of debate in Holyrood. Popular support is faltering, more than 15,000 have supported CNK's petition and opposition among MSPs is strong
Care Not Killing considers the challenge before MSPs ahead of their 27 May debate and vote on the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill.