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Montana, USA: «Montana High Court Allows Physician-Assisted Suicide». January 5, 2010.
On 18 December 2008, Luxembourg became the third country of the Benelux (as Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg together are called) to enact a law that legalizes euthanasia. Read about it here (pages 14-15). The law entered into force on 17 March 2009.
Washington, USA − law regulating physician-assisted suicide (prohibits euthanasia): Washington Death with Dignity Act, effective 4 November 2008.
- (Also see «Washington follows Oregon to legalise physician assisted suicide». BMJ, published 10 November 2008.)
«Euthanasia in legal limbo in Colombia». The Lancet, Volume 371, Issue 9609, Pages 290-1, 26 January 2008. (See also «Colombia is confused over legalisation of euthanasia». BMJ 1997; 314: 1849 (28 June) and «Ten years later, Colombia is still confused about euthanasia». BMJ 18 January 2008.)
Belgium − Euthanasia Act, 28 May 2002. Effective 23 September 2002.
The Netherlands − law regulating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act 2002. Effective 1 April 2002; enacted 2001.
The above PDF originates from the website of www.healthlaw.nl.
Another version of the law may be found here (PDF) and here (NVVE’s website text). Read evaluation of the Act by leading Dutch researchers.
See also the website of the Regional euthanasia review committees in the Netherlands, including their reports.
Oregon, USA − law regulating physician-assisted suicide (prohibits euthanasia): The Oregon Death with Dignity Act 1997.
Australia, Northern Territory − world’s first law regulating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide [Notice: law was repealed in 1997]: Rights of the Terminally Ill Amendment Act 1996 (opens as PDF).
Norway − law prohibiting euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: Almindelig borgerlig Straffelov (Straffeloven); §§ 235 and 236.
Text of the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL], as introduced in the House of Lords, UK, on 8th January 2004.
House of Lords. Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill Committee. Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill − First Report (April 2005).
Text of the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL], as ordered to be printed in the House of Lords on 9th November 2005.
Read the entire transcript of the Lord Joffe House of Lord’s second reading debate, held Friday 19 May 2006, on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill: PDF abstract.
Palliative Care Bill (HL Bill 4), tabled in the UK Parliament by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff on 16 November 2006. (This PDF originates from the website of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well.)
Read about UK developments in the BMJ:
«BMA drops its opposition to assisted suicide and euthanasia»
«UK House of Lords rejects physician assisted suicide»
«Doctors backtrack on assisted suicide»