Posts tagged
Scotland
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MSPs have just voted by 69 votes to 57 to reject the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
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The former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland has warned MSPs not to require doctors to offer their patients “a pathway to death”.
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Now, more than ever, concern is mounting about coercion, domestic abuse, and the strength of its safeguards.
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Seven leading medical and healthcare bodies have issued a rare joint warning over proposed Assisted Suicide Bill in Scotland.
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Let’s take a peek at what lies in Scotland’s future, were MSPs to choose assisted suicide…
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Scottish Government to be given power to authorise the use of “death row drugs” for assisted suicide
Labour Ministers have been accused of interfering in Scottish affairs and trying to bury bad news by making the announcement on the last day of Parliament before Christmas.
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The vast majority of amendments to the Bill have been uniformly dismissed.
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SPUC brands the report from the Scottish Abortion Law Review as “destructive” and “disastrous for the women and future generations of Scotland”.
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Tuesday, 4 November saw Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill begin Stage 2 deliberations with crucial votes on safeguards, palliative care and the criteria for eligibility.
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Patrick Harvie MSP, has proposed what critics describe as “totalitarian” plans to introduce abortion clinic-style buffer zones around locations where assisted suicide could take place.
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A coalition of charities and campaign groups have launched a new national initiative calling for the complete decriminalisation of abortion in Scotland.
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Supporters travelled from across the country to make their voices heard at Holyrood.
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Rose Docherty has been arrested for a second time after standing quietly outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with a placard offering conversation.
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Conservative MP Greg Stafford seeks to ban the Sacro Pod, the invention of Philip Nitschke, also known as “Dr Death”.
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Christians around the UK will come together in prayer next week ahead of a crucial vote on MP Kim Leadbeater’s Bill.