Euthanasia: Vulnerable Adults
(asked on 13th May 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the current law permitting mentally competent adults to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment has ever been proven inadequate in the courts to protect vulnerable people from being pressured to end their life prematurely.
This question was answered on 24th May 2019
We have not seen evidence from the courts that the current provisions permitting mentally competent adults to refuse life-sustaining treatment provide inadequate protection for vulnerable people.