Taiwan Referendum Would Legalize Assisted Suicide

The international push for legalized euthanasia propels ever forward.The Taipei Times has recently been covering the advancement of a referendum to legalize euthanasia in Taiwan for those facing “intractable diseases” or “suffering from intolerable pain.”Taiwan has been debating euthanasia off and on in their legislature for years without conclusion. Jonathan Chin reported on July 15, 2026 that:DPP Legislator Chen Kuan-ting (陳冠廷) said that he has also proposed a bill legalizing euthanasia, but i