Pro‑life campaigners are sounding the alarm as the UK’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill edges toward its second reading in the House of Lords on 12 September, warning it poses a grave threat to church‑run hospices and care homes. Archbishop John Sherrington, lead bishop for life issues of…

Jersey is poised to become the second jurisdiction in the British Isles, after the Isle of Man, to legalise assisted dying, following the publication of a draft law this September. The proposed legislation would allow mentally competent, terminally ill adults to access medical assistance to end their lives, with life…

Image: left – Wikipedia Commons – Pam Duncan‑Glancy In a powerful contribution to the ongoing debate surrounding assisted dying, MSP Pam Duncan‑Glancy reminds us of the human spirit’s enduring capacity for meaning, even when speech, movement, or breath come into question. As she eloquently declares: “I’m 43 years old… I…

The legalisation of assisted suicide carries a far greater cost, both emotionally and financially, than its supporters in the UK are prepared to admit. That fact becomes inescapable when the evidence presented in a major new report is taken into account. Although the authors of the report insist that they…