Tag: Assisted dying
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Stevie Martin: Differentiation in dying: Can limiting assisted suicide to the terminally ill be justified?
With the second reading of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill fast approaching, debate persists as to whether limiting eligibility to terminally ill adults could be successfully challenged as discriminatory under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) before the domestic courts and/or the European Court of Human Rights…
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Stevie Martin: The Decriminalisation and Regulation of Assisted Suicide in England and Wales: Acknowledging and Addressing the Slippery Slope Argument
The introduction of Kim Leadbeater’s Private Member’s Bill which will, if enacted, legalise assisted suicide for ‘Terminally Ill Adults’ in England and Wales has, unsurprisingly, drawn significant commentary from many quarters, including some legal academics and practitioners. This is despite the fact that, as yet, Leadbeater’s Bill has not been published. Debates on assisted dying…