Jersey’s assisted dying law granted Royal Assent ahead of planned 2027 launch

Assisted dying close to becoming law in Jersey

Informed wish to end life required and terminally ill with an expectancy of six months, or 12 if a neurodegenerative disease

Jersey first place in British Isles to legalise assisted dying

Jersey becomes the first place in the British Isles to allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives.

Jersey’s assisted dying law granted Royal Assent ahead of planned 2027 launch

JERSEY is on track to become the first place in the British Isles with an assisted-dying service after the law received formal approval from the Crown. The Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law 2026 has been granted Royal Assent, marking the final constitutional stage before the legislation takes legal effect. The law will come into force once […] The post Jersey’s assisted dying law granted Royal Assent ahead of planned 2027 launch appeared first on Jers…

Assisted dying has been legalised in the first jurisdiction in the British Isles

But it’s not the Isle of Man