Why We Cannot Support the Drive to Legalise Assisted Dying

Why we cannot support the drive to legalise assisted dying

We applaud Dignity SA’s initiative in promoting advance directives to allow people the right to refuse life-sustaining treatments and to choose instead to die a natural death, but as palliative care practitioners we cannot support the drive to legalise assisted dying. Indeed it would be dangero...

MP says priest refused to give him communion after assisted dying vote

The LibDem MP for Dorking has said he is facing personal backlash after supporting Kim Leadbeater's bill.

Assisted suicide crosses a red line

We are facing new regulations in Malta regarding what has been euphemistically called voluntary euthanasia or assisted dying.There are justified serious reservations about the wisdom of such legislation and others have called upon the government to exercise great caution or even to reconsider. The government is proposing to assist terminally ill persons to commit suicide....

Cirencester and Malmesbury MP reflects on assisted dying and abortion vote

THESE are issues that go beyond party lines. They touch on love, loss, dignity, and the most personal of choices.

MPs vote on ‘assisted dying’ bill

Our local members of parliament have shared their thoughts and reasons for voting in last week’s historic ‘Assisted Dying’ bill. Clive Jones, MP for Wokingham, told Wokingham Today: “ In the days running up to the third Reading, many hundreds of constituents wrote to me about this important issue – more than have written to me on any other topic. “Large numbers wished me to vote for the bill, large numbers wished me to vote against, and a few ex…

Find out if your MP voted for assisted suicide at Third Reading and ask them to vote the right way at the next vote

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