Trial of assisted suicide mother right, says DPP Britain's most senior prosecutor, who has been criticised for bringing charges against a mother cleared of trying to murder her seriously ill daughter, has defended his decision.

Joan McAlpine: Margo’s bill gives us a real choice When Margo MacDonald first spoke in favour of the right to an assisted death, I was sceptical. Her intervention in a 2008 parliamentary debate on the issue was poignant and moving. Margo suffers from Parkinson’s disease, but this strong and able woman is the last person one could imagine giving up on life.

Compassion could lead to a wasteland of the spirit Surely it makes sense that if someone is suffering pain during a terminal illness and wishes to die, clinical or nursing staff should be empowered to bring that life to an end?

Lack of information on assisted suicide If any debate is to be of real value in our society, it is imperative that all sides are fully informed.

Margo's bill could live or die, but it must do so with dignity We should be grateful to Margo MacDonald for presenting the bill in the way she has. This is the right issue to be debating, and it is the right time to be doing it. Is the issue divisive, emotional, and complex? Absolutely, and that is exactly why the Scottish Parliament should be addressing it.

Assisted suicide bill published in Scotland One of Scotland’s most popular politicians, Margo MacDonald, on Thursday published a bill to legalise assisted suicide. Ms MacDonald, who has Parkinson’s disease, is the only independent MSP at Holyrood and her private member’s bill faces an uphill battle to become law.

Scottish MP, Margo MacDonald launches right-to-die plans An independent member of Scottish Parliament has unveiled a Bill, which would make it legal to help those with terminal illness end their lives.

Potential law would allow doctors to help terminally ill patients to die A bill that would make it legal for doctors to help terminally ill people end their own lives has been published at the Scottish Parliament.

Man explains why he supports assisted suicide legislation Michael Lynn, who cared for his wife for many years, has spoken to the BBC about why he supports a bill aiming to give terminally ill people the right-to-die.

Dignity is not the same as choice Margo Macdonald's assisted suicide legislation before the Scottish Parliament asks the wrong questions at the wrong time.

Assisted suicide bill faces fierce opposition Bill has been put forward by Margo MacDonald MSP, who suffers from Parkinson's disease.

Physician-assisted suicide legal in Montana, court rules The state supreme court declined to rule on constitutional grounds but said state law does not forbid doctor-aided death.

Assisted suicide = medical treatment? Mercy killings have increased in the Netherlands as the number of euthanasia cases rose by 200 for a total of 2,500 last year, but because reporting cases to the government is voluntary, exact figures are not available.

Opponents Vow To Challenge Montana’s Legalization Of Euthanasia The Supreme Court in Montana has upheld the legality of physician-assisted suicide, making the state the third in the nation to do so and spurring opponents of the practice to promise to continue fighting against it.

New Hampshire's House defeats assisted suicide bill New Hampshire's House has defeated a bill that would have allowed the legalization of assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

'Doctor, please help me to die' Peter Beresford says the issue of GPs becoming involved in assisted dying is far too important to be left to doctors to decide.

Montana To Permit Assisted Suicide Montana’s highest court ruled on Dec. 31 that physicians who help terminally ill patients commit suicide cannot be prosecuted, thus making it the third state in the U.S. to allow the practice.

Montana Doctors won't rush into assisted suicide It could be a while before Montana doctors are willing to help terminally ill patients die even though the state Supreme Court says nothing in state law prevents physician-assisted suicide.

Scotland Pro-Life Advocates Launch Bid to Stop Debate on Assisted Suicide Bill Scotland pro-life advocates have launched a new effort with the hope of preventing a debate on a bill in the Scottish Parliament that would legalize assisted suicide. An MSP sponsoring the bill hoped the parliament in Scotland will debate her measure.

Moral dilemma of mercy killing: Was this mother right to end her son's life? Should mum Frances Inglis have been jailed for life for murder after killing her brain-damaged son with a heroin overdose?