All news on the topic: Assisted dying

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

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

A young woman who has documented her battle with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) shared a final blog ahead of her assisted suicide, writing 'my last day will be Saturday'

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'

It is right that we have the conversation again, as our population is aging and a growing number of people will wish to make the choice Dame Esther is considering

Veteran journalist and presenter Dame Esther Rantzen, 83, urged parliamentarians to think of the elderly people in their lives and whether they'd want them to spend their final days in agony or to offer them a "gentle, peaceful death"

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?

After some positive news and feeling festive, Linda Nolan reflects on Dame Diana Rigg's excruciating experience in the final weeks of her life and her battle over whether to end it with dignity

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

Jane Barnes told how she is now just existing in her care home as husband Colin looks on helplessly, and says she wouldn'y wish such an existence on her worst enemy

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

Hadley Vlahos has worked as an at-home end-of-life carer for eight years and has revealed her patients' biggest regrets from their deathbeds - including 'stop waiting for that perfect time, start now'

Tim Wardle, 84, says Britain’s ban on assisted dying means the right to die is only available to those who can fork out more than £10,000