Category: Official documents

What are the major parties pledging regarding assisted suicide legislation in the new Parliament?
MSPs note concerns 'that it would be impossible to put adequate safeguards in place, and... that the abuse of vulnerable people would probably take place'
A bill 'to make provision for equitable access to palliative care', introduced by senior palliative care physician and peer Ilora Finlay, will be debated in the House of Lords on 23 October
Almost seven weeks after it was announced, and barely seven weeks until MPs - many of whom are now on holiday - debate it, the Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill is finally published
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has found the latest Nicklinson/Lamb legal challenge to be 'manifestly ill-founded and declared it inadmissible'
On Thursday 30 June, the British Medical Association passed all five parts of a motion criticising the Falconer Commission on assisted dying at its annual general meeting in Cardiff. CNK Alliance fully supports this position held by the BMA
Latest reports on Assisted Suicide in Oregon and Washington just published
Three amendments have so far been tabled to the Coroners and Justice Bill by Lords Falconer, Alderdice and Joffe.
Lothian MSP Margo MacDonald has published a proposal to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland...