A former politician who lost three sons to terminal illness has claimed Scotland's assisted dying legislation could become 'a ...

When word came on Tuesday that the Scottish parliament had voted - and by an unexpectedly large margin - to legalise ...

Given my own brushes with death over my 34 years — and those moments of staring into the suicidal abyss due to depression ...

Following the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) statement this week on its "serious concerns" including on numbers of ...

There is still time for amendments to be made to the assisted dying bill – but it deserves to pass - THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Kim Leadbeater, the sponsor of this private member’s bill, should ...

But MPs only had time to vote on two amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill. One of them means that medical staff will be allowed to opt out of helping patients die. That lack of time has reignited the ...

A woman with MS has said that the assisted dying bill isn't about "shortening life" but rather is about "shortening death" in ...

Reasonable people may disagree on the principle of assisted dying. Strong moral arguments have been made for and against, weighing individual sovereignty against the dignity of human life. What is not ...

MPs will have to wait until at least next month to get their final say on new proposal to allow terminally ill the right to ...

Alliance, DUP and TUV MPs all expressed deep concerns about the bill to legalise assisted dying which was debated in ...

Dame Esther Rantzen ’s daughter led calls for “kindness, compassion and choice” outside Parliament on Friday, as campaigners ...

The historic, and controversial, legislation to legalise assisted dying returned to the House of Commons today with MPs debating a series of amendments.