Professor Herx fears that what’s being proposed in Scotland may result in the profoundly chilling consequences that Canada is now seeing six years after it passed its own euthanasia bill.

Dignitas backs bid to legalise assisted dying in Scotland 25 September 2022 Getty Images Dignitas has accused the UK government of "outsourcing" euthanasia to Switzerland ...

A poll has suggested that four out of 10 people in Scotland would break the existing law to help loved ones die. The Voluntary Euthanasia Society, which carried out the UK-wide interview of 790 adults ...

The government’s voluntary euthanasia proposals could “harm the most vulnerable, erode medical ethics, and reshape the social fabric in dangerous ways”, according to the Christian Life ...

While there is no specific offence of assisted suicide in Scotland, euthanasia is illegal and can be prosecuted as murder or culpable homicide. A separate bill is currently under discussion there.

The MSP behind Scotland’s assisted dying bill accepted thousands of pounds from a euthanasia lobby group with links to a tax haven and the US pharmaceutical industry. Lib Dem Liam McArthur’s ...

Former ABC reporter Iain Finlay has died by euthanasia after a lengthy battle with a rare disease called amyloidosis. He was 89.

On euthanasia forums, doctors and nurses continue to struggle with cases of patients who aren’t fatally ill, lamenting that Canada’s health and social services can seem woefully inadequate.

A 28-year-old British-Ghanaian artist has opted to end his life with euthanasia rather than continue living with a mental illness.

People who ask for euthanasia almost never receive suicide-prevention services, and instead, may be contacted by organ-donation organizations asking for their organs.

As Scotland considers making assisted dying legal, Professor June Andrews warns there are practical problems that mean it is unsafe to allow the state-sanctioned killing of people ...

New UK law may legalise euthanasia for terminally ill people Campaigners holds signs as they rally for assisted dying access in October 2021 outside the Houses of Parliament in London.