European journal of health law
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Assisted suicide remains a deeply contested issue in the U. K. Recently three Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bills were introduced in a three year period, all of which failed. ⋯ K. and it is unacceptable that individuals 'suffering unbearably' in their final days have no available domestic alternative. Yet the courts have consistently declined to prosecute in cases where friends and relatives have accompanied terminally ill persons abroad to die, against the provisions of the 1961 Suicide Act s2(1). This article critically assesses recent developments in English law on assisted dying and considers the implications for a more inclusive and reasoned debate in the future.