Following the tragic vote on the assisted suicide bill, many questions are still left unanswered. Questions which strike at the very heart of why Kim Leadbeater’s bill is so dangerous.
Speaking to French pilgrims at the Vatican on 4 June, Pope Leo XIV appeared to call out France’s National Assembly’s vote to legalise assisted suicide.
The amendments put forward by those on the Committee opposed to assisted suicide were, in effect, a list of the dangers posed by this bill; crucial safeguards which are missing from the bill.
The Health Secretary has said that he will vote against Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill after voicing concerns about coercion and funding “implications” for the NHS and palliative care.