The offer of assisted dying will imply 'some lives are not worth living', committee told

A professor told the committee: "In the Netherlands, many physicians have found performing euthanasia to be a ‘drastic and sometimes even traumatic event’.”

Assisted dying risks causing “unacceptable changes” to basic norms for society and healthcare, an Oireachtas Committee has heard.

The committee heard from a representative of the Danish National Council on Ethics, the majority of which advised against the legalisation of assisted dying in Denmark last year.