Consultation on the “Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill” and Dignitas submission
01 May 2012
23 January 2012 / 1 May 2012
In Scotland, parliament member Margo Mac Donald lodged a proposal for a Bill, the “Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill”, to enable a competent adult with a terminal illness or condition to request assistance to end their own life, and to decriminalise certain actions taken by others to provide such assistance.
A consultation was held until 30 April 2012.
The proposed Bill includes elements of the practice of accompanied suicides in Switzerland as well as of the “Death with Dignity Act” of the US-State of Oregon.
Website of the Scottish Parliament with consultation document (Link)
