‘Chilling reading’ – Bishop of London responds to assisted suicide impact assessments

The social ministers of the previous government found that, although the draft of the patient's declaration of will at the end of life passed the first reading without any problems in the Riigikogu, the issue of enabling assisted suicide is an even more sensitive issue. According to the Minister of Justice, Liisa Pakosta, the Ministry of Social Affairs must keep the discussion alive in society.

‘Chilling reading’ – Bishop of London responds to assisted suicide impact assessments

The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, the Church of England’s lead bishop for health and social care, has responded to the Government impact assessments on the bill to introduce assisted suicide in England and Wales. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), together with the Ministry of Justice, published a main assessment and an equality impact assessment on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday. Bishop Sarah said: “The…