Euthanasia

Portugal has approved new legislation allowing for assisted dying and euthanasia in limited circumstances. The bill was approved by parliamentarians from the governing Socialist Party and its ...

The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule on landmark euthanasia case Tom Mortier v Belgium tomorrow. Tom Mortier, son of Godelieva de Troyer, brought the ...

Doctors may end a mentally incapacitated person's life where they have previously consented to assisted suicide, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled. The ruling represents ...

Italy's Constitutional Court has ruled it is not always a crime to assist in the death of someone experiencing "intolerable suffering". The country's parliament is now expected ...

Voluntary euthanasia has become legal in the Australian state of Victoria, Reuters reports. The law came into force 18 months after being passed by the state parliament ...