Following her cancer diagnosis, Pirozzolo became one of the island’s leading campaigners to legalise assisted dying, decried by its opponents as “assisted suicide”. [ UK parliament votes for assisted dying, paving the way for historic law changeOpens in new window ]Both islands now await royal assent for their legislation from the British king Charles, advised by the UK government. But recent blue skies over Jersey seem to mirror its official calm over the tricky issue of assisted dying. People mean well with assisted dying, but I fear a slippery slope [to an even more permissive assisted dying system].”Stewart-Jones feels some campaigners for legal change “instilled fear” in others about the potential for pain at end-of-life. He is keen to say that Jersey, where the economy has stalled recently, is not only focused on assisted dying.

Source: The Irish Times March 14, 2026 09:30 UTC