All news on the topic: Assisted dying

Judge says forfeiture rule should not apply in case of Philip Morris, whose wife, Myra, had multiple system atrophy

Criminal case opened after Sarco capsule – which releases nitrogen gas at the touch of a button – used in Merishausen

Following a recent assisted dying debate in parliament, the Mirror hears from a mother whose daughter made the devastatingly difficult decision to end her life on her own terms

Liz Carr was an activist against assisted dying long before she was an actress - now she has made a new BBC documentary called Better Off Dead? tackling the subject

Brian Reade on the news that despite 200,000 people signing a petition calling for terminally ill people to be able to request to end their lives, MPs are still debating whether to introduce an assisted dying bill

Tory MP Siobhan Baillie began to cry as she shared the testimony of a man who had written to her about his mum, as MPs debated whether to legalise assisted dying

Dame Esther Rantzen, who has stage four lung cancer, has pleaded with MPs to join the Parliament debate on assisted dying in the UK after becoming a member of clinic Dignitas

MPs will debate legalising assisted dying for the first time in almost two years after 200,000 signed a petition backed by Dame Esther Rantzen demanding a law change

Ayla Eilert had to endure months of agonising pain and her family is now campaigning for Medical Aid in Dying, which allows some patients to end their life, to be legalised in New York

The novelist Deborah Moggach - whose mother was convicted of attempted murder for helping a friend end her life - hopes the new drama she's written will have as big an effect on public debate as Mr Bates vs The Post Office

The Labour leader Keir Starmer who spoke with Dame Esther Rantzen over the phone committed to holding a free vote in Parliament within five years if he wins the general election

When terminally ill Dennis Eccleston, 81, decided he wanted to end his life by assisted dying, his wife Mavis wanted to join him in a pact - but she survived and stood trial for murder

Dame Esther Rantzen is calling on the government to legalise assisted dying to spare families 'painful last memories' - and nearly 80% of Mirror readers support the plans

Dame Esther Rantzen, 83, campaigning to make physician-assisted suicide legal in the UK - and said she would like to be remembered 'with love and laughter' after her death

As a Mirror poll shows the majority (71%) of Brits support Esther Rantzen’s call for legalising assisted dying, one British woman told the Mirror how not being given the choice is making her life a misery.

Poll for The Mirror shows over 70% of people believe MPs should be given a free vote on assisted dying as Dame Esther Rantzen calls for public to be given a 'choice'

Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen is considering assisted dying to spare her family 'painful last memories' as she battles stage four lung cancer - but do you think the option should be legalised?

England's reluctance to embrace popular opinion on assisted dying puts families in an impossible position, says Polly Hudson

Kelly Louise Smith-May is seeking £10,000 to travel to an assisted dying facility in Switzerland 'to end her suffering' with the blessing of her family after battling Long Covid since December 2021

David Hunter was handed two years in jail for manslaughter in July after admitting suffocating his wife Janice, 75, who was suffering from a rare form of blood cancer

Man calls for Britain’s assisted dying laws to change after watching his father's agonising death in the UK - compared to his wife's peaceful passing at Dignitas

Planning forward is important and although nobody likes to think of a loved one's passing, it is important to take care and avoid things that may bring struggles to those left behind

Lord George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has asked MPs to consider legalising assisted dying because it is “profoundly Christian” to stop terminally ill people from suffering - but what do you think? Vote in our poll.

Lord George Carey has written to MPs saying it is an "act of great generosity, kindness and human love" to help terminally ill patients end their lives

Joyce Wilton stopped taking her heart medication last summer to try to shorten her suffering and by January was barely able to eat. She used her last words to call for assisted dying to be legalised