This article is about the legality of euthanasia of humans. For euthanasia performed on animals, see Animal euthanasia.
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Current status of euthanasia around the world:
Active voluntary euthanasia legal (Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal,[note 1] Spain, and the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia)
Passive euthanasia legal (refusal of treatment / withdrawal of life support)
Active euthanasia illegal, passive euthanasia not legislated or regulated
All forms of euthanasia illegal
Current status of euthanasia in Europe:
Active voluntary euthanasia legal[note 1]
Passive euthanasia legal
Active euthanasia illegal, passive euthanasia not legislated or regulated
All forms of euthanasia illegal[note 2]
The legality of euthanasia varies between countries and territories. Efforts to change government policies on euthanasia of humans in the 20th and 21st centuries have met with limited success in Western countries. Human euthanasia policies have also been developed by a variety of NGOs, most advocacy organisations although medical associations express a range of perspectives, and supporters of palliative care broadly oppose euthanasia.
As of 2024[update], euthanasia is legal in Belgium,[1] Canada,[2] Colombia,[3] Ecuador, Luxembourg,[4][5] the Netherlands,[6][7] New Zealand,[8] Portugal (law not yet in force, awaiting regulation),[9][note 1] Spain[10][11] and all six states of Australia (New South Wales,[12] Queensland,[13] South Australia,[14] Tasmania,[15] Victoria[16] and Western Australia[17]). Euthanasia was briefly legal in Australia's Northern Territory in 1996 and 1997 but was overturned by a federal law. In 2021, a Peruvian court allowed euthanasia for a single person, Ana Estrada.[18] Eligibility for euthanasia varies across jurisdictions where it is legal, with some countries allowing euthanasia for mental illness.[19]
Euthanasia is distinct from assisted suicide, which may be legal in certain other jurisdictions.
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^"Ley Orgánica 3/2021, de 24 de marzo, de regulación de la eutanasia" (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. 25 March 2021. pp. 34037–34049. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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