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The campaign group Care Not Killing is among those that use the terms “assisted suicide” and “euthanasia”, and who argue that the focus should be on “promoting more and better palliative ...
Assisted suicide, while criminal, does not appear to have caused any convictions, as article 37 of the Penal Code (effective 1934) states: "The judges are authorized to forego punishment of a person whose previous life has been honorable where he commits a homicide motivated by compassion, induced by repeated requests of the victim." [196]
The first significant drive to legalize assisted suicide in the United States arose in the early twentieth century. In a 2004 article in the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Brown University historian Jacob M. Appel documented extensive political debate over legislation to legalize physician-assisted death in Iowa and Ohio in 1906.
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia is a 2006 book by Neil Gorsuch. [1] The book presents legal and moral arguments against euthanasia and assisted suicide, advocating for the retention of bans on the practices. [2] It explores case histories from jurisdictions that have legalized the practice, including Oregon and the Netherlands. [3]
A Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying to examine the issues raised was established in February 2023, and produced two reports in March 2024: a majority report in favour of legalising both assisted suicide and euthanasia, [126] and a minority report calling for improved palliative care and opposing the legalisation of either practice. [127]
He recently revealed in a BBC interview that he would consider assisted suicide under certain circumstances. Hawking said , "To keep someone alive against their wishes is the ultimate indignity.
Assisted dying would give society a better approach to the end of life, the MP leading a push for a change to the law has said, but opponents warned against bringing in a “state suicide service”.
The study also found that 45.8% of physicians agreed that physician-assisted suicide should be allowed in some cases; 40.7% did not, and the remaining 13.5% felt it depended. [ 77 ] In the United Kingdom, the assisted dying campaign group Dignity in Dying cites research in which 54% of general practitioners support or are neutral towards a law ...