Tag Archive for: assisted suicide

Experts in care of the elderly speak out strongly against assisted suicide
The leading organisation representing health professionals caring for the elderly in Britain has this…

Christians must speak out about the Marris Bill on assisted suicide
Labour MP Rob Marris wants to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales. His Assisted Dying…

Scottish Assisted Suicide Bill gets short shrift from MSPs
Patrick Harvie’s Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill has been defeated today in a free vote by 82 votes…

Deeply flawed assisted suicide bill must be rejected by Scottish Parliament at the earliest opportunity
A report by MSPs criticising the proposed assisted suicide Bill before Holyrood has been welcomed by…

DPP faces new legal challenge for ‘clarifying’ guidelines on prosecutions for assisted suicide
Perhaps surprisingly, the Sunday Times has been the only broadsheet newspaper to cover a landmark case…

Lord Falconer’s phoney war continues
Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill reached Committee Stage in the House of Lords on Friday 7 November.…

Elderly pro-euthanasia campaigner starves herself to death in high-profile attempt to advance her cause
A long-term pro-euthanasia campaigner has starved herself to death over five weeks because she…

RCP surveys its membership’s views on ‘assisted dying’
The Royal College of Physicians today launched a survey to assess its members’ views on assisted suicide.
The…

The DPP needs to explain to Parliament why she has effectively decriminalised physician assisted suicide
In an astounding about face for the Crown Prosecution Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison…

Falconer bill is a recipe for the abuse of elderly and disabled people, says Care Not Killing
On the eve of the House of Lords’ debate on Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill, Care Not Killing,…