A former professor of medical ethics has called for all forms of euthanasia to be legalised. more

A mother seeking damages from a health authority has claimed doctors breached a “warranty” by failing to abort one of her twins. more

A man left paralysed after a racist attack in Germany says he is arranging for help to end his life. more

A woman who claimed she helped her terminally ill aunt die in a so-called “mercy killing” faces charges of wasting police time, it has emerged. more

A law change allowing patients to make “living wills” could leave doctors open to accusations of euthanasia, two Belfast anaesthetists have said. more

Jack Kevorkian, whose failing health may deny him a chance to be paroled, said he still believes in assisted suicide but would not choose it for himself. more

A lung cancer patient who won a High Court battle to be given a drug to prolong his life has died just hours after receiving the news. more

The government in India’s Punjab state is investigating the possible involvement of state officials in setting up illegal clinics and ultrasound centres accused of female foeticide. more

Colombia’s first legal abortion has taken place after the deeply-Catholic nation legalised the procedure in May. more