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Don't be fooled by peer's 'modest' assisted suicide proposals

Don't be fooled by peer's 'modest' assisted suicide proposals

Lord Falconer has finally announced that his long awaited assisted suicide bill will be tabled in the House of Lords on Wednesday 15 May.

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Irish Supreme Court rules that there is "no explicit right to commit suicide, or to determine the time of one's own death" in Ireland's Constitution.

Irish Supreme Court rules that there is "no explicit right to commit suicide, or to determine the time of one's own death" in Ireland's Constitution.

A 59-year-old Irish woman today lost her Supreme Court challenge to the ban on assisted suicide.

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As the next Westminster bill is prepared, we look at the awful lessons of its inspiration

As the next Westminster bill is prepared, we look at the awful lessons of its inspiration

Lord Falconer's announcement that he is about to introduce a new bill into the House of Lords to legalise assisted suicide along the lines of the Oregon model - assisted suicide for mentally competent adults who have less than six months to live.

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