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Law reforms on assisted dying in UK close to reform
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Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization
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Dateline: Junction City, OR
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

 

Aug 3rd, 2021 by 

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Suicide Act in England - the law that criminalized assisted dying for terminally ill people. There are now Assisted Dying Bills coming in both the House of Lords and the ScottishParliament. On many occasions in the past such law reform has failed but  now public opinion has changed.

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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Dr. Kevorkian, Dutch euthanasia, Final Exit, Jean's Way, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News, Suicide (rational)
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