assisted suicide

Assisted dying, or assisted suicide as many critics prefer to call it, remains illegal in most of the world.

And now, the Commons has backed a change in the law in England and Wales to allow assisted dying, or, as some opponents call it, assisted suicide.

Deaths covered by the assisted suicide bill would not need to be investigated by a coroner.

The right to die is controversial in America — euthanasia is legal in only 10 states, and Washington, D.C. — but euthanasia and assisted suicide are permitted in Spain.

Right To Life UK campaigns on issues such as abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia.