Assisted suicide

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Assisted suicide, euthanasia, ethics, Diane Pretty vs UK, ECHR European Convention of Human Rignts

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This document contains 18 short-answer questions on assisted suicide.

What does the law say about assisted suicide and euthanasia?
Why did assisted suicide and active euthanasia remain illegal?
Why has the campaign to legalise assisted dying gained momentum?
The Diane Pretty case before the ECHR
Attempts to legalise assisted dying in Parliament

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[...] : Asked for immunity for her husband from prosecution; request denied. 7. What did she do when the DPP refused? What was the legal basis for doing this? : Challenged refusal via judicial review; invoked the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). 8. How did British courts respond to her request? : Denied her request; upheld the law banning assisted dying. 9. What rights protected by the ECHR did Diane Pretty invoke when she took her case to the ECHR in Strasbourg? [...]

[...] Assisted suicide I. What does the law say about assisted suicide and euthanasia? 1. What is the difference between assisted dying, active euthanasia and passive euthanasia? : - Assisted dying: Providing means for someone to end their own life; - Active euthanasia: Actively causing death (e.g., lethal injection); - Passive euthanasia: Withholding life-extending treatment (legal since Bland case, 1993). 2. What is the legal status of assisted dying, active euthanasia and passive euthanasia in the UK? : - Assisted dying & active euthanasia: Illegal (Suicide Act 1961; considered murder/manslaughter); - Passive euthanasia: Legal if acting in the patient's best interest (Airedale NHS Trust v. [...]

[...] Attempts to legalise assisted dying in Parliament 15. What attempts have been made to legalize assisted dying through Parliament? : Numerous private members' bills (PMBs), e.g., Lord Falconer (2014), failed. 16. Why have they failed? : Lack of parliamentary time and government support for PMBs AND Contentious issue with divided opinions across parties. 17. What is the difference between a Private Member's Bill and a Public Bill? : PMB: Introduced by MPs/Peers outside government, less likely to pass. Public Bill: Backed by government, has more chances of being enacted. [...]

[...] What did the court decide? : Court rejected the "right to die" interpretation. 11. What were Diane's arguments concerning Article What were the UK's arguments? What did the court decide? : Court ruled suffering caused by illness is not state responsibility. 12. What did the court decide concerning Article : Recognized potential for inclusion of assisted dying under privacy, but justified UK's ban due to the protection of vulnerable people. 13. What did the court decide concerning Article 14? : No discrimination found in the ban. [...]

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