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Scottish assisted suicide consultation guide

  • Submissions
Your responses are invited to a consultation document on assisted suicide for Scotland ahead of a 22 December deadline

Scores of peers speak against bill

  • Press Releases
A press release from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dying Well (a network of MPs and peers, supported by Care Not Killing, promoting excellence in end of life care and opposing the legalisation of doctor assisted suicide) following the Assisted Dying Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords.

1,700 medics urge rejection of assisted suicide

  • Press Releases
A press release from Our Duty of Care issued ahead of the Assisted Dying Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords.

CNK CEO on BMA neutrality, and the need for more research

  • Personal opinion
BMA opts for Neutrality on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia as Leading ‘Choice’ Advocate admits we need more research on Painful Deaths

Irish Justice Committee rebuffs bill

  • Articles
TDs and Senators decline to recommend assisted suicide and euthanasia bill with ‘serious flaws’ and potential for ‘unintended policy consequences.’

BMA goes neutral after knife-edge vote

  • Events Reports
The doctors’ union’s Annual Representative Meeting considered its stance on assisted suicide and euthanasia in light of a pre-pandemic membership survey

CNK welcomes former Archbishop’s statement

  • Press Releases
‘CNK welcomes Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop of Wales, “timely” intervention warning against the dangers of assisted suicide, just days after his predecessor reiterated his support for the controversial practice.’

Press Release: disappointment at ‘divisive’ BMA vote

  • Press Releases
Care Not Killing disappointed at “divisive” BMA vote, which shows divide between doctors on assisted suicide and euthanasia

Holyrood Election 2021: Policies

  • Articles
The 2021 Scottish Elections have seen pledges on both palliative care and assisted suicide – and campaigners have made clear their intent to press the latter in the new Parliament.

Irish human rights body takes bill to task

  • Submissions
Ireland’s human rights watchdog identifies dangers of, and calls for ‘significant amendments’ to, euthanasia and assisted suicide bill

Portuguese President sends new law for review

  • Articles
‘Excessively indeterminate’ and subjective criteria see Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa question the constitutionality of a euthanasia bill

UN experts condemn euthanasia for disability

  • Articles
Special rapporteurs argue that legislative provisions for assisted suicide and euthanasia ‘tend to rest on – or draw strength from – ableist assumptions about the inherent “quality of life” or “worth’ of the life of a person with a disability.’
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