assisted dying

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In recent decades, some countries have shifted their stance on assisted dying, with Australia, Canada and New Zealand introducing laws.

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Many people helped by Dignitas are those who have travelled to Switzerland because assisted dying is not permitted in their own countries.

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But assisted dying, in which a person receives lethal drugs from a medical practitioner which they then administer themselves, has been legal for decades.

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Peers have been given an extra 10 days to scrutinise the assisted dying bill, after a record number of amendments prompted concerns it would run out of time to be passed into law.

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He also contributed to the debate about assisted dying through his work with Dignity in Dying, his family said.

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