Isle of Man

In June 2022, Dr Alex Allinson MHK was given leave to bring an assisted suicide suicide bill before Tynwald, and a consultation ran from December 2022 to January 2023. The Bill cleared the House of Keys in summer 2024 and is now being considered by the Legislative Council.

Campaigners for assisted suicide in the UK describe the possibility of law change in Scotland and the Crown Dependencies as “piling on the pressure for MPs in Westminster”: these debates are closely entwined.

A great many supporters answered the call to respond to consultations in Jersey and the Isle of Man, for which we are grateful. Residents should continue to engage with MHKs

PAST ARTICLES

“Providing high quality palliative care and supporting people at the end... is what we would urge the members of the House of Keys focus on and pull back from this dangerous and ideological policy.”
Manx Duty of Care responds to the results of the Consultation on Assisted Dying.
Read our submissions to the Jersey and Isle of Man consultations, and House of Commons Health Select Committee inquiry, on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
The Crown Dependencies of Jersey and the Isle of Man are both consulting on legalising assisted suicide (and euthanasia), while the House of Commons Health Committee has also announced an inquiry.
Members of the House of Keys grant leave for an assisted suicide bill to be brought forward in the Isle of Man
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'?