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Sean Davison, a 63-year-old former microbiologist from New Zealand, has been arrested in Dorset on suspicion of assisting 29 individuals to die, by helping them travel to Switzerland’s Pegasos clinic for so-called “medical assistance in dying.” The arrest, the culmination of a year-long investigation, could result in a prison sentence…
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A former New Zealand Member of Parliament has passionately urged the UK Parliament to reject the current terminally ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, warning of its dangerous implications and inadequate safeguards. The warning comes amid on-going debate over the legislation, which aims to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill…
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A wave of U.S. state legislation now mandates that public school students view videos or ultrasounds illustrating foetal development, providing important biological insight. Since Roe v. Wade’s fall, pro-life advocates in at least 22 states have introduced such bills, with seven already passed. Key among the materials is the animated…
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Fr Hugh MacKenzie remains deeply concerned about the impact of this bill on his ministry to dying people.
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BMA consultants have voted in favour of a motion stating that assisted suicide is not healthcare and presents “serious moral hazards to consultants”.
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The MP committee scrutinising Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has voted to scrap the High Court judge safeguard that would have required a higher level of judicial sign-off.
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Hardly a week goes by without another expert identifying a serious concern about MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.
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The author of the Scottish buffer zones law has said that prayer inside a home within a buffer zone might break the law.
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The chair of the government’s national suicide prevention strategy advisory group has warned against legalising assisted suicide.
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His message to Scots comes as Scotland considers similar legislation: “I believe my own experience is a cautionary tale of how well-intended laws go very wrong.”
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The repercussions of a change in the law could impact three groups of people in ways that are not being widely considered.
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Should doctors be involved in assisted suicide? Some voices are questioning whether doctors should be involved at all.
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Concerns have been raised about the scrutiny process of the assisted suicide bill going through Parliament, as the committee tasked with examining it got off to a controversial start, yesterday.
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On Friday 6 December 2024, Stuart Worby, aged 40, was convicted of administering a poison or using an instrument with intent to procure a miscarriage, and of sexual assault. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Nueza Cepeda, a friend of Worby’s, obtained the pills by lying about being…
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A married man has been jailed for murdering his girlfriend who refused to abort her unborn baby. Tragically, the child also died as a result of the brutal stabbing in Birmingham, England.
