Where is assisted dying legal How the rules worldwide compareIn 1937, Switzerland legalised assisted suicide provided those doing the assisting were not motivated by “any selfish intent”.
Six decades later, the US state of Oregon legalised physician-assisted suicide for people with less than six months to live. In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to decriminalise assisted dying.
In the two decades since, the debate around a state or nation’s approach to life and death has sped up. Belgium, Australia and ten more US states have decriminalised forms of assisted dying
Six decades later, the US state of Oregon legalised physician-assisted suicide for people with less than six months to live. In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to decriminalise assisted dying.
In the two decades since, the debate around a state or nation’s approach to life and death has sped up. Belgium, Australia and ten more US states have decriminalised forms of assisted dying
