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Voluntary euthanasia is the purposeful ending of another person's life at their request, in order to relieve them of suffering.Voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have been the focus of intense debate in the 21st century, surrounding the idea of a right to die.
Euthanasia may be classified into three types, according to whether a person gives informed consent: voluntary, non-voluntary and involuntary. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] There is a debate within the medical and bioethics literature about whether or not the non-voluntary (and by extension, involuntary) killing of patients can be regarded as euthanasia ...
Euthanasia can occur with or without consent, and can be classified as voluntary, non-voluntary or involuntary. Killing a person who is suffering and who consents is sometimes referred to as voluntary euthanasia, and is currently legal in some regions. [8] If the person is unable to provide consent it is referred to as non-voluntary euthanasia.
Non-voluntary euthanasia (patient's consent unavailable) and involuntary euthanasia is illegal in all countries. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in Botswana, Belgium, [3] Canada, [4] Colombia, [5] Luxembourg, [6] the Netherlands, [7] New Zealand, [8] Portugal [9] and Spain, [10] and was previously legal in the Northern Territory. [11]
Voluntary euthanasia is legal in New Zealand, following the enforcement of the End of Life Choice Act 2019 on November 7, 2021. Assisted suicide is illegal under Section 179 of the New Zealand Crimes Act 1961, which renders it a criminal offence to "aid and abet suicide", meaning the choice must solely be down to the individual on requirement ...
Non-voluntary euthanasia is cited as one of the possible outcomes of the slippery slope argument against euthanasia, in which it is claimed that permitting voluntary euthanasia to occur will lead to the support and legalization of non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia, [11] although other ethicists have contested this idea. [12] [13] [14]
The right to die is a concept based on the opinion that human beings are entitled to end their lives or undergo voluntary euthanasia.Possession of this right is often bestowed with the understanding that a person with a terminal illness, or in incurable pain has access to assisted suicide.
A voluntary assisted dying scheme will go into effect in the Australian Capital Territory on 3 November 2025. [7] Voluntary euthanasia and assisted dying is currently unlawful in the Northern Territory. Federal law prohibited the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory from legislating for the practice between 1997 and 2022.