Euthanasia

Doctors may end a mentally incapacitated person's life where they have previously consented to assisted suicide, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled. The ruling represents a major development of case law in the Netherlands, where assisted suicide has been legal in certain limited circumst

Voluntary euthanasia has become legal in the Australian state of Victoria, Reuters reports. The law came into force 18 months after being passed by the state parliament in November 2017.