{"id":2522,"date":"2019-10-15T16:27:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/?page_id=2522"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:28:45","slug":"assisted-dying-outside-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/eol.law.dal.ca\/?page_id=2522","title":{"rendered":"Assisted Dying Outside Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click on a country or state below for links to their assisted dying legislation and, where available, data.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: black;\">Australia<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/end-of-life.qut.edu.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>End of Life Law in Australia website<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: black;\">Belgium<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.belgium.be\/eportal\/Healthcare\/Consultativebodies\/Commissions\/Euthanasia\/Publications\/index.htm#.UbfJyxbGjCF\"><strong>Data<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legislation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Belgian-Euthanasia-Act.pdf\"><strong>Original Version<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Euthanasia-Act.pdf\"><strong>Unofficial English Version of the Belgian Act on Euthanasia<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Law-of-28-May-2002-on-Euthanasia-as-amended-by-the-Law-of-13-February-2014.pdf\">Recent Belgian Law Reform<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: black;\">Colombia<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.corteconstitucional.gov.co\/Decision.php?IdPublicacion=62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Decision C-239\/97<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/english.corteconstitucional.gov.co\/Decision.php?IdPublicacion=112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Decision T-970 of 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmd.org.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Resoluci\u00f3n-1216-de-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resolution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: black;\">Luxembourg<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luxembourg.public.lu\/en\/vivre\/famille\/fin-vie\/euthanasie-soinspalliatifs\/index.html\"><strong>Legislation and official description of legal status<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: black;\">Netherlands<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.euthanasiecommissie.nl\/\"><strong>Regional Euthenasia Review Committees website<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: black;\">Switzerland<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.admin.ch\/opc\/en\/classified-compilation\/19370083\/201903010000\/311.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Legislation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: Switzerland does not have legislation that decriminalizes MAiD. Rather, Article 115 of Switzerland\u2019s\u00a0<em>Penal Code<\/em>, SR 311.0 states that \u201cany person who for selfish motives incites or assists another to commit or attempt to commit suicide is, if that other person thereafter commits or attempts to commit suicide, liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding five years or to a monetary penalty\u201d. Therefore, assisted suicide is not a criminal offence where the assister does not have a selfish motive.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: black;\">United States<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>California<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Cali-End-of-Life-Option-Act.pdf\">Legislation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Colorado<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/145Final.pdf\">Legislation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>District of Columbia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/B21-0038-Introduction.pdf\">Legislation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Hawaii<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HB2739_HD1_.pdf\">Legislation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Maine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Legislation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Montana<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eoldev.law.dal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Baxter-v-Montana.pdf\"><strong>Case law<\/strong><\/a><u><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Jersey<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deathwithdignity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2018-NJ-A-1504.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Legislation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Mexico<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/endoflifeoptionsnm.org\/end-of-life-options-act\/about-the-end-of-life-options-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Legislation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Oregon<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/public.health.oregon.gov\/ProviderPartnerResources\/EvaluationResearch\/DeathwithDignityAct\/Pages\/index.aspx\"><strong>Legislation and data<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Amendment to reduce waiting period where death is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deathwithdignity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-OR-SB-579.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">imminent<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Vermont<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leg.state.vt.us\/docs\/2014\/Acts\/ACT039.pdf\">Legislation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Washington<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doh.wa.gov\/YouandYourFamily\/IllnessandDisease\/DeathwithDignityAct.aspx\"><strong>Legislation and data<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click on a country or state below for links to their assisted dying legislation and, where available, data. 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