5 May 2022\u00a0 \/\u00a0 11 January 2023 \/ 22 March 2024<\/p>\n
On 22 March 2024, detailed assisted dying proposals (p.18-2024)<\/a> have been presented to the States Assembly by the Council of Ministers<\/p>\n A Public engagement summary report<\/a> providing detail on the first phase of public engagement on assisted dying in Jersey has been published.<\/p>\n On 22 June 2021, the Jersey Assisted Dying Citizens\u2019 Jury<\/a>, established in Spring 2021, published an Initial Report<\/a> which notes recommendations and key messages from Jurors regarding \u201cShould assisted dying be permitted in Jersey, and if so, under what circumstances?\u201d In the final vote, a large majority of the Jury voted in favour of assisted dying. The issue is set to be put to States Members later this year.<\/p>\n The Jury\u2019s work and report is a further step towards a possible legalisation of assisted dying. The background is the 2018 launch of a campaign by Tanya Tupper<\/a> whose mother planned to end her suffering at DIGNITAS<\/span>, a petition, establishing the group End of Life Choice Jersey<\/a>, research results showing doctor\u2019s support<\/a> and public support<\/a>, a public debate involving DIGNITAS<\/span><\/a>, another Islander, Alain de Chemin<\/a>, planning to go to DIGNITAS<\/span> and campaigning for legalisation, etc.<\/p>\n The Government of Jersey did a public consultation to set out the plans for an assisted dying service<\/a>, accompanied by the publication of a consultation report<\/a>. DIGNITAS<\/span> \u2013 To live with dignity \u2013 To die with dignity handed in <\/span>submission<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 5 May 2022\u00a0 \/\u00a0 11 January 2023 \/ 22 March 2024 On 22 March 2024, detailed assisted dying proposals (p.18-2024) have been presented to the States Assembly by the Council of Ministers A Public engagement summary report providing detail on the first phase of public engagement on assisted dying in Jersey has been published. On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-3889","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}