Legislation around the world
Around the world, the following countries and jurisdictions are known to have legalised a form of assisted dying or suicide:
Ten American States (Oregon, California, Hawaii, Washington, Colorado, Vermont, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Maine) plus the US district of Washington DC;
All six Australian States (Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia) plus Australian Capital Territory;
New Zealand;
Canada;
Colombia;
Belgium;
The Netherlands;
Luxembourg;
SwitzerlandiSwitzerland has not legislated to legalise assisted dying but a change to its criminal code means someone is unlikely to be prosecuted if they help someone to die...