An official memo has been passed on to doctors in the Canadian province of Quebec requesting they respect the limits of the law regarding assisted suicide. The warning follows a massive 54% rise in assisted suicides in Quebec between 2021 and 2022, and potentially 15 wrongful deaths.

A Canadian veteran of the war in Afghanistan says it is “disgusting, unacceptable and infuriating” that ex-soldiers suffering from PTSD have been offered assisted suicide in Canada.

An expect in the field of palliative care has slammed a proposal to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales.

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS England) states it has adopted a “neutral” position on assisted suicide following a survey with a response rate of just 19%.

There were 13,500 state-sanctioned assisted suicides in Canada in 2022, a projection anticipates in the run-up to the official release of statistics in July. SPUC says these latest figures should serve as “a wake-up call for the UK”, which is currently considering the legalisation of assisted suicide.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) has slammed assisted suicide as “inherently wrong” in its submission to an ongoing Inquiry considering its legalisation.

Children under 12 can now be killed by a doctor in the Netherlands following the extension of the nation’s euthanasia law.

13 organisations representing 800,000 caregivers in France have released a collective statement opposing the introduction of assisted suicide in the nation. “The legislator is fundamentally transforming the definition of care and deciding to put an end to collective ethics”, the opinion has stated.

Jordan Peterson, the world-famous psychologist and social commentator, spoke out against assisted suicide at a speaking event in Ottawa this week.

The UK Government cannot remain neutral on the legalisation of assisted suicide – it must defend the lives of the vulnerable by rejecting calls for a change in the law.

Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, has spoken out against proposed assisted suicide legislation in Scotland, describing it as point of “no return” for the vulnerable.

A Canadian doctor has proudly boasted that she has killed 400 people through assisted suicide, adding that “it’s the most rewarding work” she’s ever done.

SPUC is urging supporters to respond to a parliamentary inquiry on assisted suicide as pro-assisted suicide campaigners gear up with fresh attempts to legalise the practice.