In the year of 2023, no less than 30 thousand people died by assisted dying and euthanasia. This is so far the record number of cases, but the tendency is for the amount of people resorting to that to surge.
As the United Kingdom prepares itself to vote on legalizing assisted dying on Friday (29), it arises that the number of deaths due to this practice has doubled in five years.
The increase took place in all countries and states where assisted dying and euthanasia are legal.
That included the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and the US states of California and Oregon.
But what’s the difference?
‘Assisted dying’ or ‘assisted suicide’ gives patients the means to end their own life, while euthanasia is carried out by a doctor, usually by lethal injection.
The Telegraph reported:
“While legislation was passed in some countries decades ago, numbers are still rising in part because initially strict rules have been watered down and the procedures made more widely available, including to children.”
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