The numbers of people who commit suicide surge in countries which legalise euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, new research has revealed.

The rates of “self-initiated” suicides are uniformly higher in places where euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) are now legal than in places where such practices remain prohibited, according to research by the Oxford-based Anscombe Bioethics Centre.

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