Assisted Dying

Proposals to make assisted suicide lawful are advancing across the UK. We explore what this means for women.

READ: 1400 victims each year

our evidence for the Westminster bill committee on the scale of domestic abuse victims who may be given assisted deaths.

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READ: Safeguarding Women in Assisted Dying

Our review of the routes to harm in assisted dying and need for extraordinary safeguards, lest the state deliver femicide

WATCH: Assisted Death and Women podcast:

We explore what assisted death might mean for women. Why are women with anorexia being given lethal drugs? How might assisted dying work in the UK? Why are disabled people affected?