Topic: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Resources in this topic
Voluntary Euthanasia & Physician-assisted Suicide: The Two ‘Slippery Slope’ Arguments
ABN Papers
June 18, 2026
Summary The criminal law and professional medical ethics have long held it wrong for physicians intentionally to kill patients who request it (voluntary euthanasia or VE) or to assist them in suicide (physician-assisted suicide or PAS). This is because all patients have lives worth living: whatever their sickness or disability, they share a fundamental dignity
First, Do No Harm: How Canadian Law Allows for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide for Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
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June 7, 2021
Summary Canada recently passed a Bill, C-7, which responded to a Quebec Superior Court ruling that the previous Federal law introducing ‘Medical Aid in Dying’ (MAiD) – euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) – into Canadian medical practice, violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by not including mental illness as an eligible condition for
Disability and Assisted Suicide: Elucidating Some Key Concerns
ABN Papers
June 22, 2026
Summary As euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) becomes more common and more permissive, disabled persons grow increasingly concerned about how this will negatively impact them. Long opposed to EAS, disabled persons’ organisations have raised a number of concerns. This paper explores some of the background and context of those concerns and examines a number of
Salus Populi Suprema Lex: A Legal Critique of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
ABN Papers
June 22, 2026
Executive Summary The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (‘the Bill’) introduced by Kim Leadbeater MP which is currently being considered by the House of Commons possesses purported safeguards which have been previously proposed and subject to sceptical critique by the Divisional Court of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, as well
Position Paper of the Abrahamic Monotheistic Religions on Matters Concerning the End of Life
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October 28, 2019
Representatives from the Catholic and Orthodox Churches and the Jewish and Muslim faiths signed a joint declaration at the Vatican reaffirming each religion’s clear opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Pope Francis met with the signatories on 28 October 2019 when they presented him with a copy they had signed earlier that day. They include
Euthanasia Case Studies from Belgium: Concerns About Legislation and Hope for Palliative Care
ABN Papers
June 23, 2026
Summary In examining the ethics of euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS), it is common to focus on presenting arguments which either support or oppose the legalisation of the practice. As EAS is now legal in many countries (and in some cases, has been for many years) however, there is emerging evidence of the effect of
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Briefing
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June 1, 2026
Description: This is a briefing from the Complex Life and Death Decisions Group (CLADD) at Kings College, London. The authors have provided detailed analysis of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill from a clinical, legal and ethical perspective. Their analysis relates to the Bill as it was considered by the House of Lords