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‘Assisted dying is not a health activity’: UK doctors slam proposed bill

Senior consultant physicians in Britain slammed Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s euthanasia bill, urging conscience protections via an ‘opt-in model’ and a full separation of assisted suicide provision from NHS healthcare services.

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Jonathon Van Maren

• Mar 12, 2025

UK Catholic bishop laments vote for euthanasia bill: ‘Britain is no longer a Christian country’

Bishop Egan lamented Britain's loss of its Christian heritage after the country's euthanasia bill passed its Second Reading by 330 votes to 275. 'Our world here in the UK has now changed, unfortunately not for the better,' he wrote.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Dec 6, 2024Dec 9, 2024

UK seniors would have huge tax incentive to choose assisted suicide if it became legal

Less than a week after the UK’s assisted suicide law passed its second reading, people are already musing about the many reasons the elderly and ill might opt for a lethal injection.

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Jonathon Van Maren

• Dec 4, 2024Dec 5, 2024

UK Parliament votes in favor of bill allowing doctors to kill their patients

In a 330-275 vote, the UK Parliament advanced the highly controversial 'Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill' that allows doctors to euthanize their patients under certain conditions. There will now be a third reading.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Nov 29, 2024Nov 30, 2024

Former UK prime minister warns against assisted suicide, calls for more palliative care

Gordon Brown, who served as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010, yesterday announced his opposition to assisted suicide in a 'Guardian' editorial. He movingly recalled the death of his newborn baby daughter Jennifer in January 2002.

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Jonathon Van Maren

• Nov 23, 2024Nov 23, 2024

UK assisted suicide bill would unleash a culture of death across British society

Ultimately, assisted dying affects us all. The consequences of state-backed death are severe and manifest across all of society. Assisted suicide/euthanasia rips apart families. Doctors are pressured to kill. The United Kingdom surely can do better than this.

Opinion

Robert Clarke

• Nov 14, 2024Nov 14, 2024

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‘Assisted dying is not a health activity’: UK doctors slam proposed bill

UK Catholic bishop laments vote for euthanasia bill: ‘Britain is no longer a Christian country’

UK seniors would have huge tax incentive to choose assisted suicide if it became legal

UK Parliament votes in favor of bill allowing doctors to kill their patients

Former UK prime minister warns against assisted suicide, calls for more palliative care

UK assisted suicide bill would unleash a culture of death across British society