Assisted dying could become law in parts of Britain in 2025

By Georgia Banjo, Britain correspondent, The Economist

When Esther Rantzen, a television personality with terminal lung cancer, called for the right to die, she joined a long line of advocates for the cause. Despite widespread public support, several attempts to change the law have failed. In 2025 that pattern will be broken: several jurisdictions within Britain are likely to legalise assisted dying. These will include some or all of England and Wales, Scotland, and the British crown dependencies of the Isle of Man and Jersey.