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title: "Euthanasia"
date: "2016-04-26T16:51:06+01:00"
modified: "2025-08-06T10:21:17+01:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_perspective/euthanasia/"
post_id: 398
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# Euthanasia

Do humanists believe we should have the right to legal assisted dying? How do they decide?

[Download humanist perspective](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/04/Euthanasia-humanist-perspective.pdf)

[Interview with legal assisted dying campaigner Paul Lamb](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/paul-lamb-the-right-to-die/)

[Interview with Michael Irwin, founder of My Death, My Decision](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/a-dignified-death/)

[Humanist Heritage article on the history of humanist advocacy on assisted dying](https://heritage.humanists.uk/articles/assisted-dying-2/)

[Data on public support for assisted dying](https://humanists.uk/2024/10/16/new-poll-shows-every-constituency-backs-assisted-dying/)

[Humanists UK’s assisted dying campaign page](http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/public-ethical-issues/assisted-dying)

[My Death, My Decisions: a grassroots movement for assisted dying reform](http://www.mydeath-mydecision.org.uk)

[Data from Belgium disputes the ‘slippery slope’ argument](https://theconversation.com/belgiums-euthanasia-trends-dispute-slippery-slope-argument-new-study-252323)