{"id":3950,"date":"2012-05-01T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/news\/the-proposed-bill-includes-elements\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:58:47","slug":"scotland-consultation-and-submission-2012","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/news\/scotland-consultation-and-submission-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultation on the \u201cAssisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill\u201d and Dignitas submission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>23 January 2012 \/ 1 May 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In Scotland, parliament member Margo Mac Donald lodged a proposal for a Bill, the &#8220;Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill&#8221;,&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A consultation was held until 30 April 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The proposed Bill includes elements of the practice of accompanied suicides in Switzerland as well as of <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/public.health.oregon.gov\/ProviderPartnerResources\/EvaluationResearch\/DeathwithDignityAct\/Pages\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Death with Dignity Act\u201d of the US-State of Oregon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottish.parliament.uk\/parliamentarybusiness\/Bills\/46127.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Website of the Scottish Parliament with consultation document<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (Link)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/pdf\/diginpublic\/stellungnahme-respone-dignitas-consultation-assisted-suicide-scotland-bill-28042012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Response\/submission of DIGNITAS to the consultation<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 January 2012 \/ 1 May 2012 In Scotland, parliament member Margo Mac Donald lodged a proposal for a Bill, the &#8220;Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill&#8221;,&nbsp;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. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[540,550],"class_list":["post-3950","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-dignitas-en","tag-scotland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}