Euthanasia/Assisted suicide

France’s Parliament adopts assisted dying law

Screens displaying the results of the assisted dying vote on July 15 in France’s Nation Assembly: 291 in favour and 241 against.

Forum: As we debate euthanasia, ask what kind of ageing society we are building

Landmark court battle: Pain-riddled South Korean man fights for right to die

Wheelchair-bound Lee Myung-shik has endured constant discomfort since his 2020 diagnosis with acute myelitis.

Bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales set to fail

Dignity in Dying demonstrators protest for the assisted dying bill outside Parliament in London, Britain, on April 22, 2026.

India’s top court allows withdrawal of life support for man in vegetative state

Mr Harish Rana suffered severe head injuries in a fall from a building in 2013 and has been on life support since.

Spain's top court rejects father's bid to halt daughter's euthanasia

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of a law to legalise euthanasia gather as the Spanish Parliament votes to approve it in Madrid, Spain, March 18, 2021. The banners read: \"Right to die in peace\", \"For a law to die voluntarily\" REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

Spain performs pioneering face transplant from donor who requested assisted dying

Carme, recipient of the world's first face transplant from a donor who had requested assisted dying, poses for a photo with the Hospital Vall d'Hebron surgery team, in Barcelona, Spain, February 2, 2026. Hospital Vall d'Hebron/Handout via REUTERS

Court in Spain rejects dad’s bid to stop daughter’s euthanasia

The woman, in her 20s, was due to undergo the euthanasia procedure in 2024, but the process was suspended after her father filed a legal objection.

A look at European countries that allow assisted dying as Slovenia heads for referendum

In Europe, several countries already allow the terminally ill to end their lives, by euthanasia.

Resilient young woman leads fight for euthanasia in Mexico

Samara Martinez spends 10 hours a day hooked up to a dialysis machine to survive, and has been using social media to advocate for the legalisation of euthanasia in Mexico.

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