Bishops Protest as UK Parliament Votes to Legalize Assisted Suicide

Bishops protest as UK Parliament votes to legalize assisted suicide

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – On Friday, MPs of the UK Parliament approved a Bill which allows medical staff to assist the suicide of terminally ill patients, a move Cardinal Vincent Nichols says “fundamentally changes society’s long held values and relationships on matters of life and death.” The Third Reading of Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed by 314 votes to 291, and will now go to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. Ni…

Archbishop ‘shocked and disappointed’ by House of Commons’ passage of assisted suicide bill

The British Parliament building in London. / Credit: Marinesea/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 17:21 pm (CNA). British lawmakers in the House of Commons passed a bill on Friday legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in E... [...]

Archbishop ‘shocked and disappointed’ by UK passage of assisted suicide bill

The British Parliament building in London. / Credit: Marinesea/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 17:21 pm (CNA). British lawmakers in the House of Commons passed a bill on Friday legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in England and Wales in spite of warnings from Catholic bishops.To become law, the bill still needs to pass in the second chamber of Parliament, the unelected House of Lords. The Lords can amend legislation, b…

Archbishop ‘Shocked and Disappointed’ by House of Commons’ Passage of Assisted Suicide Bill

Marinesea The British Parliament building in London. If the bill passes the House of Lords, England will join several other jurisdictions that permit assisted suicide.

“An unsafe and unworkable bill” – Bishop Sarah urges MPs to say no to assisted suicide

Bishop Sarah – the former Chief Nursing Officer and the Church’s Lead Bishop for Health and Social Care – called on parliamentarians to ask themselves searching questions about the kind of society we want to live in before the Third Reading vote in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the Commons on Friday. She said: “MPs have the power to stop the passage of this Bill, in the face of serious concerns from the medical profession, pall…