Analysis of UK Laws on Abortion, Assisted Dying, and the Death Penalty

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LAWS REGARDING ABORTION, DEATH PENALTY AND ASSISTED DYEING
In the United Kingdom abortion, assisted dyeing and death penalty have different
perspective than other parts of world. These three aspects have been criticized
worldwide in different manner at different culture and region. In UK abortion is
considered as an act that is not fully legalized and requires at least consent of two
doctors to state it to be necessary for the bearer. The 1967 Abortion Act provided a law
to legalize abortion in UK under some circumstances, and as the ratio of reproductive
women during 1990 increased the more prevalence of abortion took place utilizing these
legislative guidelines (Lee, 2013). Assisted dyeing is not yet legalized in UK and is
under lot discussion that patient should have right to choose his death. The Suicide Act,
(1961) made it evident that suicide is legal but pushing someone to commit suicide as in
assisted dyeing is illegal. This is contrary to the laws of some other countries like
Netherland, Columbia, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, and some parts of USA where
the legislation legalized assisted dyeing by passing adequate laws (Dyer, White and
Rada, 2015). Death penalty on other hand was present in system of UK till 1998 but it
was abolished completely with the view that this kind of penalty and punishment
challenges human rights for life and is against it (McGann and Sandholtz, 2012.). Still
today some Asian and European countries follow this law and penalize the crime by
death penalty. The three laws are highly controversial in different parts of the world but
as for in UK death by any means other than natural is not considered legal or
acceptable.

REFERENCES
McGann, A. and Sandholtz, W., 2012. Patterns of death penalty abolition, 1960–2005:
Domestic and international factors. International Studies Quarterly, 56(2), pp.275-289.
Lee, E., 2013. Whither abortion policy in Britain?. J Fam Plann Reprod Health
Care, 39(1), pp.5-8.
Dyer, O., White, C. and Rada, A.G., 2015. Assisted dying: law and practice around the
world. Bmj, 351, p.h4481.