Opponents argue that normalising euthanasia would be a move towards legalised murder. They say that even with "watertight qualifying criteria and safeguards" the law will be "expanded in time and ...

The deadline for implementation of the new assisted dying law for terminally ill people is set to be pushed back from two ...

The campaign to legalise euthanasia has suffered a major setback after it emerged that the vast majority of doctors are against any change in the law. A survey found almost three quarters of GPs ...

The number of euthanasia cases in the Netherlands rose by 10 per cent in 2024, according to official figures released on ...

Nearly 10,000 people living in the Netherlands were euthanized last year, marking a 10 increase from the year before and a 60 ...

A young woman is due to testify in a Spanish court today in a bid to persuade a judge to let her die voluntarily against the wishes of her father, in the first case of its kind. The 23-year-old woman ...

A new assisted dying law for England and Wales could take up to four years to fully implement due to additional safeguards being adopted as the bill goes through Parliament.

Louisiana is planning to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a highly contested nitrogen gassing method that it ...

Doctors in the Netherlands have been told to use "great caution" in dealing with euthanasia cases after figures revealed there had been a 10 percent rise in such incidents in the country in 2024.

On January 30th, 2025, Karnataka became the second state after Kerala to implement the Supreme Court ruling allowing passive euthanasia—marking the end of a 24-year-old legal battle. At the ...

A BARCELONA court says a 24-year-old paraplegic woman can end her life following a legal challenge by her father and the ...