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“How long have I got?” is the question doctors will be asked at some point by their terminally ill and dying patients. This is going to become a much more loaded question if we legalise assisted suicide. One of the so-called “safeguards” in Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill currently before…
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“Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics”, said the French poet Charles Péguy (1873-1914); this was thought exactly when confronted with the golden idols of abortion along the Seine this year on 26 July, incidentally the Feast Day of St Anne, the patron saint of mothers and women who…
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Daniel Frampton, SPUC’s Editorial Officer, reviews the documentary “Young, British and Anti-Abortion”, which aired last week on BBC One and iPlayer.
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I am writing to ask you to vote against the Assisted Dying Bill, because I am afraid for my son’s future.
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I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of West Bridgford and a nurse with 22 years of experience.
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According to Japanese folklore, elderly relatives were removed to a mountain or one of Japan’s haunted forests and left to die, a practice called “ubasute”, or granny dumping. However widespread this prevaricating form of euthanasia really was, it appears that the UK might soon introduce a similar p
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The vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is fast approaching.
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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater on 16 October 2024 and published on 11 November. The Bill seeks to amend the Suicide Act 1961 to allow doctors to supply terminally ill adults with only six months to live with lethal drugs…
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Dr Cajetan Skowronski (33) is a busy man. He’s a registrar in a Sussex hospital where he works in geriatric medicine.
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In part two of our assessment of the so-called ‘safeguards’ around assisted suicide and euthanasia laws in Australia, we look at the failure of safeguards around terminal illness and doctors suggesting assisted suicide to their patients.
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As we get closer, to the vote on 29 November on Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25, many MPs are saying that they support a change in the law if strict safeguards are in place.
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The death of Amber Thurman, a young mother from the state of Georgia, hit the headlines across the United States when ProPublica released an article blaming the tragedy on the state’s pro-life laws.
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In their bid to select a new leader to replace Rishi Sunak, Conservative MPs have wittled down the candidates from six to two.
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Terry has always been opposed to assisted suicide. He is passionate about protecting the weakest members of our society both before birth and at the end of life. But when his mum Julie, 66, became seriously ill in January 2024, Terry became even more fearful about a change in the…
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After a bruising election defeat, former PM Rishi Sunak is standing down as leader of the Conservative Party, triggering a leadership contest. Nominations have now closed, and six candidates are standing to be the new leader.