The Dignity in Dying campaign group says. More than 200 million people worldwide have legal access to some form of assisted dying., external.
Switzerland It has allowed suicide since 1942. Its Dignitas facility – which accepts foreign patients as well as Swiss citizens – began operating in 1998.
Between 1998 and 2023 It helped 571 Britons die., external.
Assisted suicide is also legal. Austria.
i US11 states — Oregon, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington, Hawaii, New Jersey, Vermont, Maine and Washington, D.C. — allow “physician-assisted dying.”
It allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for self-administration.
Voluntary euthanasia is legal. Canada Where it is called medical aid in dying. This can be provided by a doctor or nurse practitioner, either in person or through a prescription for self-administration.
I am also legal. Spain And ColombiaBoth also allowed assisted suicide.
Assisted dying is legal in some parts of Australia but the law varies between states. It is not allowed in the Northern or Australian Capital Territory.
of New Zealand The End of Life Choices Act legalizes assisted dying and allows adults in their final months of life to request assistance from a medical professional.
Three countries have laws that allow people who are not terminally ill to get aid in dying: Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.