Sentences with phrase «permitted voluntary euthanasia»

The BHA was called to give evidence to the Commission's inquiry into whether there should be a change in law to legalise assisted dying in the UK and made the case that there are good ethical reasons not to limit legal assisted dying only to terminally ill people but to others who are incurably suffering, and to permit voluntary euthanasia as well as assisted dying to maximise autonomy of patients who wish to end their lives but are unable to do so themselves.