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New rules on assisted suicide ‘will apply here’ Assisted suicide law is barking and should be changed, says ex-minister Lords to rule on right-to-die demand of MS sufferer MS wife: I've lost case but won argument on suicide trips Judges urge MPs to review law on assisted suicide Wife asks for assisted suicide ruling

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Doctor vows to test new assisted suicide rules

21.09.09
EXCLUSIVE: New rules on assisted suicide are to face a test case within weeks from a doctor prepared to become a 'martyr', the Standard can reveal... more

Chief judge: It will be hard to change law on assisted suicide

11.09.09
The head of the country's new Supreme Court has stoked the debate about assisted suicide by saying he had "enormous sympathy" with ill people who want to end their lives... more

Thanks, Debbie Purdy, now we all have freedom to choose

04.08.09
The husband of a fellow MS sufferer explains why Debbie Purdy’s Law Lords victory is so welcome... more

New rules on assisted suicide ‘will apply here’

04.08.09
Britain's top prosecutor warns that new guidelines on assisted suicide would apply in this country as well as abroad... more

Right-to-die campaigner is arrested and dares police to prosecute him

31.07.09
A leading euthanasia campaigner was arrested by police investigating the death of a cancer sufferer at an assisted suicide clinic... more

Assisted suicide law is barking and should be changed, says ex-minister

31.07.09
Former Labour health minister revealed he would be prepared to risk jail to help a terminally ill relative die abroad... more

Lords to rule on right-to-die demand of MS sufferer

28.07.09
Law Lords will decide within days on the right to die of multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy... more

Britons who have died with Dignitas

14.07.09
More than 115 Britons have travelled to Switzerland to end their life at the Dignitas clinic since it opened 11 years ago... more

Doctors reject assisted suicide calls

01.07.09
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Offence that is punishable by up to 14 years in prison

15.06.09
Under English law assisting suicide is an offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison... more

Cancer patient's partner risks arrest as he speaks out to change law on assisted suicide

15.06.09
London man risks prosecution and up to 14 years in jail as he tells how he helped his partner of 28 years to die in a Swiss suicide clinic... more

1 in 3 GPs would help terminally ill die

24.03.09
A third of doctors would help terminally ill patients die with a lethal dose of drugs, it was revealed... more

MS wife: I've lost case but won argument on suicide trips

19.02.09
A woman with multiple sclerosis claimed a victory in her court battle for her husband to be allowed to help end her life legally... more

Judges urge MPs to review law on assisted suicide

29.10.08
Two High Court judges have told the Government they must tackle the issue of assisted suicide now... more

Wife asks for assisted suicide ruling

02.10.08
A multiple sclerosis sufferer told why she is asking the High Court to clarify the law on "assisted suicide" so she can go abroad to die... more

MS victim says DPP is suicide law 'coward'

02.10.08
A multiple sclerosis sufferer has told why she is asking the High Court to clarify the law on "assisted suicide" so she can go abroad to die... more

MS sufferer wins first step in battle over assisted suicide

11.06.08
A multiple sclerosis sufferer has won the first round in her legal battle to allow her husband to help her commit suicide... more

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