Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive / Officiously to keep alive”. When Arthur Clough satirised the way his fellow ...

While most states still ban physician-assisted death, a majority of Americans see the practice as morally permissible or ...

The bill, if passed, would allow terminally-ill, mentally competent adults to seek medical help to end their lives.

The Case Against Assisted Dying is a crisply argued polemic by a philosopher and writer who is one of our foremost public intellectuals. My admiration for her work is considerable.

Scottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur is the man behind the bill For more than a year, Scottish politicians have been grappling with matters of life and death as they debated one of the most contested ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Campaigners gathered outside the Scottish Parliament ahead of an emotional debate on assisted dying [Getty Images] Assisted dying ...

Michelle-Anna and Lisa have become active campaigners on either side of the assisted dying debate. The contrasting opinions and a great many other perspectives will weigh heavily on MSPs as they edge ...

It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.

Canadians could become eligible for assisted dying solely for mental illness in March 2027, unless legislation is changed, ...

Assisted dying could soon be legalised in Scotland as MSPs prepare for a historic vote on Tuesday night. Parliamentarians backed the general principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults ...