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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]
Assisted suicide (also called medical assistance in dying (MAID), assisted dying, or physician-assisted suicide (PAS)) describes the process by which a person, with the help of others, takes drugs to end their life. [1] [2] This medical practice is an end-of-life measure for a person suffering a painful, terminal illness. [3]
The Dignity in Dying campaign group says more than 200 million people around the world have legal access to assisted dying. Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942.
British lawmakers have voted to allow assisted dying, a move set to make the UK one of a small handful of countries to allow terminally ill people to end their lives.
A 2015 Populus poll in the United Kingdom found broad public support for assisted dying; 82% of people supported the introduction of assisted dying laws, including 86% of people with disabilities. [57] An alternative approach to the question is seen in the hospice movement which promotes palliative care for the dying and terminally ill. This ...
The legislation would see Britain join a small collection of countries to push forward with the process. Canada, New Zealand, Spain and most of Australia allow assisted dying in some form, as do ...
People with incurable illnesses who advocate for the right to die are pushing legislatures in their Latin American countries to allow for euthanasia.
Assisted suicide in the country has been legal since 1941, and Switzerland was the first country in the world to permit any kind of assisted dying. [2] In 2014, a total of 752 assisted suicides were performed (330 men, 422 women), compared to 1,029 non-assisted suicides (754 men, 275 women); most of the assisted suicides concerned elderly ...