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

Personal opinion
24 September, 2021

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
24 September, 2021

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
17 September, 2021

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
15 September, 2021

‘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
14 September, 2021

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

Holyrood Election 2021: Policies

Articles
28 April, 2021

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
5 March, 2021

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
4 March, 2021

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

UN experts condemn euthanasia for disability

Articles
3 March, 2021

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.’

Oregon assisted suicides jump 28%

Articles
2 March, 2021

Total would translate to 3,880 for a UK-sized population

‘Nothing progressive about ripping up’ protections

Media centre
15 January, 2021

CNK CEO responds to activist MSPs, as politicians look ahead to the election of a new Scottish Parliament

MP: ‘Strict safeguards… little more than vague phrases’

Personal opinion
4 December, 2020

‘The time is well overdue for the assisted dying lobby to address these and other issues seriously, rather than to be wheeling out the same failed ideas over and again’, Desmond Swayne writes.

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