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BMA ‘assisted dying’ poll takeaways

Beneath the headline grabbing top-line numbers lies a complex picture of medical opinion on the question of whether they should be empowered to end patients’ lives

Dutch to extend euthanasia to children of any age

Government announcement would see current minimum age of 12 dropped.

‘Not signs of progress but rather a regression’

High level Spanish report points to ‘solid health, ethical, legal, economic and social reasons’ to reject euthanasia and assisted suicide

New Scottish assisted suicide bill to come in 2021

Activists announce that they will bring a new bill following Holyrood elections set for May 2021

BMA poll shows mixed views on Assisted Dying

Care Not Killing notes the results of the British Medical Association poll showing mixed views on Assisted Dying

Euthanasia bill tabled in Ireland

Private Member’s Bill would allow assisted suicide or euthanasia for anyone with a ‘terminal illness’, without specifying a required prognosis, and requires doctors to facilitate requests.

Experts outline assisted suicide risks to MPs

Dutch academic and former euthanasia regulator Theo Boer and American lawyer and author Wesley Smith addressed Parliamentarians on World Suicide Prevention Day.

Webinar: disability, medicine and euthanasia

Disability rights advocate Baroness Grey-Thompson, geriatrician Professor Des O’Neill and palliative care consultant Dr Sinéad Donnelly discuss euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Nursing Institute report prompts DNR inquiry call

Care Not Killing calls for inquiry into scandal of DNR notices being “pushed” on care home residents at height of COVID-19 pandemic

CNK condemns Dutch elderly euthanasia bill

Care Not Killing has strongly condemned a Dutch End of Life Bill that would extend euthanasia to anyone over the age of 75, even if they have no illness or disability.

‘It is good to be told: “do it, just do it.”’

Reaction to the first public comments of a Dutch doctor cleared of murder after sedating, restraining and administering euthanasia to a patient with dementia.

Justice Secretary confirms: no Government review

Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland renews commitment given to Care Not Killing, reiterating that the law on assisted suicide is a matter for Parliament, not Government policy or the courts.

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