# Assisted dying: How laws differ around the world

https://mins.news/en/item/57336

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-14 08:19 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c0lr7lx49l8o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Around 400 million people worldwide can access some form of assisted dying. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Austria and France have introduced related laws with differing eligibility rules, while the UK House of Commons rejected a bill for England and Wales by 286 votes to 270.

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