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Tag: Legislation

CNK and ODOC respond to Scottish bill

Read the joint submission of Care Not Killing and Our Duty of Care to the Scottish Parliament consultation concerning a proposed assisted suicide bill.

Scottish assisted suicide consultation guide

Your responses are invited to a consultation document on assisted suicide for Scotland ahead of a 22 December deadline

Scores of peers speak against bill

A press release from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dying Well (a network of MPs and peers, supported by Care Not Killing, promoting excellence in end of life care and opposing the legalisation of doctor assisted suicide) following the Assisted Dying Bill's second reading in the House of Lords.

Irish Justice Committee rebuffs bill

TDs and Senators decline to recommend assisted suicide and euthanasia bill with ‘serious flaws’ and potential for ‘unintended policy consequences.’

Irish human rights body takes bill to task

Ireland’s human rights watchdog identifies dangers of, and calls for ‘significant amendments’ to, euthanasia and assisted suicide bill

Portuguese President sends new law for review

‘Excessively indeterminate’ and subjective criteria see Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa question the constitutionality of a euthanasia bill

‘Nothing progressive about ripping up’ protections

CNK CEO responds to activist MSPs, as politicians look ahead to the election of a new Scottish Parliament

MP: ‘Strict safeguards… little more than vague phrases’

'The time is well overdue for the assisted dying lobby to address these and other issues seriously, rather than to be wheeling out the same failed ideas over and again', Desmond Swayne writes.

Parliamentary flurry over Dignitas in lockdown

Activist MPs use coronavirus to press for the legalisation of assisted suicide, prompting ‘muddled thinking’ on travel abroad for assisted suicide but also a firm reiteration that the issue is for Parliament, not Government.

NZ vote ‘based on widespread confusion’

Responding to the results of a referendum on euthanasia, campaigners in New Zealand note that polling indicated 'widespread confusion' about how a new law would function.

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

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.

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.

Isle of Man to consider assisted suicide

A proposal to be considered on 21 January asks lawmakers to introduce legislation for 'voluntary assisted dying'

Call for assisted suicide law review criticised

'Evidence from around the world shows that removing these protections puts vulnerable people at risk of abuse and of coming under pressure, real or perceived, to end their lives prematurely.'
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