Adult euthanasia
Physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia: Increasingly legal but still rare
Legalised euthanasia & physician-assisted suicide are mainly used by patients with cancer, but 'remain rare'.
Dignity SA says the ruling is a victory despite the death of the applicant.
A court yesterday granted the CT advocate his request to pass on with the help of a medical professional.
A constitutional law expert has backed Archbishop Desmond Tutu's views on assisted dying.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says he backs the legalisation of assisted suicide.
Belgium has become the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age.