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?

MSPs to have vote on assisted suicide bill Independent MSP Margo MacDonald launched her bid to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland yesterday.

Fury as mum is jailed for ending son's coma hell Relatives of a distraught mum who killed her brain-damaged son to end his "living hell" last night demanded a change in the law after she was jailed for murder.

Scotland: Euthanasia Bill 'a threat to the ill or disabled' Campaigners are urging Members of the Scottish Parliament to oppose the End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill because it attacks the first human right - the right to life - and is a threat to all people with illness or disability.

Mother in court over death of daughter with ME Kay Gilderdale accused of handing over lethal dose of morphine to 31-year-old daughter Lynn.

MSP Margo launches her assisted suicide bill Law-change bid is not personal, says campaigning politician with Parkinson’s.

Is Frances Inglis a cold-blooded killer or a loving mum? The life sentence given to Frances Inglis for killing her severely disabled son – a crime seemingly motivated by compassion – reveals a justice system lacking in mercy, says Elizabeth Grice.

Catholic Church vows to block Margo MacDonald's end-of-life bill The Catholic Church last night vowed to challenge in court any move to legalise assisted suicide, after veteran MSP Margo MacDonald launched her right-to-die bill. The Church has questioned the legality of the proposed law that could introduce suicide clinics to Scotland and see those as young as 16 given the right to decide to have their lives ended.

That deep maternal urge . . . to kill your child If a coma patient can be denied sustenance, why should the woman who injected her brain-damaged son be criminalised?

Scottish committee to investigate legalising assisted suicide MSP Margo McDonald, who has Parkinson's disease, tables bill to allow doctors to end terminally-ill patients' lives.

Royal College of Physicians warns that proposed guidance could ‘open door’ to doctor-assisted suicide Proposed guidance on assisted suicide risks creating an “open door” for doctors to end patients’ lives, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.

Father of ME sufferer daughter "helped to die" by mother says she was determined to end own life Father of ME sufferer daughter "helped to die" by mother says she was determined to end own life.

Mother, Kay Gilderdale, in court over death of ME sufferer daughter, Lynn A devoted mother helped her daughter to overdose on morphine and a cocktail of drugs after a 17-year battle with an illness that had made her life “unimaginably wretched”, a jury heard today.

Should I take my own life? When Charlotte Raven was diagnosed with Huntington's, an incurable degenerative disease, there seemed only one option: suicide. But would deciding how and when to die really give her back the control she desperately craved? And what about the consequences for her husband and young daughter?

Montana Ruling Bolsters Doctor-Assisted Suicide The Montana Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that state law protects doctors in Montana from prosecution for helping terminally ill patients die. But the court, ruling with a narrow majority, sidestepped the larger landmark question of whether physician-assisted suicide is a right guaranteed under the state’s Constitution.

When pain becomes a matter of life and death Margo MacDonald's bill to legalise assisted suicide is due to come before the Scottish Parliament this month, but opinion on the subject is still sharply polarised.

Doctor backs law change to help terminally ill die Ann McPherson, author of Teenage Health Freak, says assisted dying should be option within palliative care.