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A leading UK bioethics centre has slammed a recent Whitehall impact assessment of assisted suicide, calling it a “truly sinister document…that sets no value on protecting life”. A Whitehall cost analysis of MP Kim Leadbeater’s draft assisted suicide bill recently concluded that it would save the NHS money by expediting…
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Another MP has revealed that he is likely to vote against Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill because of ongoing concerns about inadequate palliative care and vulnerable people feeling pressured to take their lives.
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France’s National Assembly has approved an assisted suicide bill that will send people to prison for obstructing a patient’s decision to die. On 27 May, France’s lower house voted 305 to 199 to legalise assisted suicide for adults suffering from an incurable illness “at an advanced or terminal stage”. The…
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The Secretary of State for Justice has warned that MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is being rushed through Parliament without adequate scrutiny.
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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has slammed MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill as “wrong in principle as well as being fundamentally flawed”.
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A professor of health law has warned that assisted suicide in Canada has increasingly “prioritized access over protection”. Trudo Lemmens is a professor of health law and policy at the University of Toronto. He is also a member of the Chief Coroner on Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee. While Professor…
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Westminster MPs have pushed back against Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill in a House of Commons debate that saw many slam the proposed law as irresponsible and dangerous. The debate will continue next month.
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SPUC has said it is “deeply concerned” after MSPs voted in favour of a proposed assisted suicide bill for Scotland. “SPUC will continue to urge every MSP to consider the great dangers inherent in assisted suicide”, said SPUC CEO John Deighan. This evening, MSPs voted 70 to 56 in favour…
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Half of Britons fear the timing of a proposed assisted suicide law that comes while benefits are being cut, a poll commissioned by SPUC has revealed. Over 2,000 Britons were surveyed by Whitestone Insight on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) ahead of two key…
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People suffering from anorexia could be endangered by assisted suicide laws, a health charity has warned ahead of today’s first vote on MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Health experts from the charity Eat Breathe Thrive, which helps people with eating disorders, have warned that…
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Assisted suicide, if legalised, will save the British state almost £60 million annually after ten years, a “brutal” impact assessment predicts ahead of an expected vote on legislation in Parliament next week. Last Friday, Whitehall published an impact assessment of MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill. SPUC slammed the “brutal…
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Scottish First Minister John Swinney says he will vote against MSP Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide bill for Scotland, set to be debated and voted on next week at Stage 1.
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A retired chief coroner has warned that MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill could lead to potential murders not being investigated, in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), raising more concerns about a lack of safeguards. Leadbeater’s bill, if legalised, could lead to potential murders not being…
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MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill breaches the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a top lawyer has said after reviewing the draft law, set to be voted on by MPs on 16 May.
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A Whitehall cost analysis of MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is set to conclude today that it will save the NHS money by expediting the deaths of patients said to have six months left to live. SPUC slammed the impact assessment as “brutal arithmetic that lacks compassion and humanity”.…
