Scottish politician will not reintroduce assisted suicide bill after crushing defeat in Parliament
Scotland is proof that suicide campaigners can lose – and more importantly, that defenders of the vulnerable can win.
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Articles tagged Liam McArthur
UK’s battle against assisted suicide is finding support on the left and right
As both Holyrood and Westminster debate assisted suicide, doctors, disability advocates, and peers are beginning to push back hard.
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Bishop condemns Scottish bill that would allow assisted suicide for mental illness, low income
Bishop John Keenan and others are warning about the potential harms of a radical bill in Scotland to legalize ‘assisted suicide,’ including for eating disorders and intellectual disabilities.
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Scotland’s assisted suicide bill passes first vote in parliament after intense debate
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill, by a 70 to 56 vote, has been affirmed 'in principle' and will face two more parliamentary hurdles before becoming law.
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Scottish First Minister John Swinney voices opposition to assisted suicide bill
Undecided Scottish Parliament members could be influenced by John Swinney, who said, 'I'm a man of faith. I believe that we are all individually and equally created in the likeness of God.'
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Scotland’s support for assisted suicide is falling as Parliament considers legalization
Scottish support for assisted suicide is less than 50% when it applies to people who are not terminally ill, and yet Scotland's proposed euthanasia bill permits people who are not terminally ill to be killed by euthanasia.
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Mini gas chambers designed for euthanasia make even assisted-suicide supporters uneasy
There's an eeriness about 'do-it-yourself death pods' that are supposed to make killing yourself 'peaceful, even euphoric.'
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Scottish archbishop urges opposition to assisted suicide bill as a ‘matter of Christian duty’
'It is in dying that we most clearly confront the fact that we are fragile creatures, dependent upon others, and that we are not ultimately in charge of our own destiny,' wrote Archbishop Leo Cushley.
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