Britain's top prosecutor Thursday published guidelines on when officials should prosecute those who help others commit suicide, saying the motivation of those assisting will be the primary consideration. Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said the new guidelines do not legalize assisted suicide and ...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned against legalising assisted suicide, in comments published Wednesday on the eve of the introduction of new guidelines by prosecutors on the divisive issue. "Death as an option and an entitlement, via whatever bureaucratic processes a change in the law on assisted suicide might devise, would fundamentally change the way we think about death," wrote Brown ...