Where Canada goes, Europe follows. After the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Germany and Portugal, Ireland might be the next nation on the continent to legalise a form of assisted dying. Today it was announced that an all-party committee is to recommend that euthanasia and assisted suicide be introduced in the country, primarily for those with a terminal illness.
The group’s report will be published on 20 March, but has been agreed upon by a majority of cross-party representatives. It will then be submitted to the government for consideration. The committee has said that the proposed legislation should make clear that the patient’s illness is causing suffering which cannot be relieved otherwise. Two doctors would have to sign off on the severity of this condition. Given that 70% of the country’s population is Roman Catholic, the embrace of assisted dying may be far from universal…
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