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Assisted suicide laws increase suicide rates, economists saySenior economists have argued that legalising assisted suicide leads to a rise in overall suicides in society due to a "reduction in societal taboos".
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Expert academic attacks false claims of assisted suicide campaignersThe UK's leading assisted suicide group made inaccurate claims about suicide rates to aid its campaign, a leading academic has said.
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Assisted suicide bill rejected in Connecticut
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Sharp rise in Belgium euthanasia deaths
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Alarm over Oregon assisted suicide statsCampaigners have expressed concern about various aspects of Oregon's assisted suicide law after an analysis of new statistics was published.
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Warning against Connecticut Assisted Suicide legislation
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Peer with disability: Assisted suicide says people like me are "better off dead"Lord Kevin Shinkwin has said assisted suicide implies people with disabilities are "better off dead".
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Paralympic medallist speaks out against assisted suicideDame Tanni Grey-Thompson has spoken out against proposals to legalise assisted suicide in the UK.
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End of life care to become a legal rightFor the first time in the history of the NHS, dying people will have an explicit legal right to healthcare, with every part of England to provide specialist palliative care.
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Legalising Assisted Suicide Leads To Increase In Overall Suicide NumbersNew research suggests countries that legalise assisted suicide also see an overall increase in non-assisted suicide rates.
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Italian Court rejects assisted suicide referendum as 'unconstitutional'A petition to hold a referendum on euthanasia and legally assisted suicide in Italy has been rejected by the country’s constitutional court.
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Loneliness and depression make people opt for assisted suicide, expert warnsMental illness and loneliness are two of the biggest motivators behind requests for assisted suicide and euthanasia in other countries, raising questions about the ethics of the practices, an expert has said.
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Kirk Moderator: It's assisted suicide, not 'assisted dying'The Moderator of the Church of Scotland has criticised language used in controversial legislation that would see terminally ill Scots helped to commit suicide.
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