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Doctors write in The Times, 6 February 2020

Letters
9 February, 2020

Dozens of doctors, many leaders in their respective fields, co-sign a letter to The Times expressing the hope that ‘assisted dying will not become a medical intervention in the UK’, published on the day the BMA’s consultation on the matter commences.

Sunday Times, 9 February 2020

Letters
9 February, 2020

As the BMA consultation gets under way, and following efforts in Parliament to push for a weakening of the law, CNK’s CEO, Gordon Macdonald, writes in the Sunday Times.

BMA consults on euthanasia & assisted suicide

Articles
6 February, 2020

The BMA defines ‘physician-assisted dying’ as covering both assisted suicide and euthanasia. What would neutrality really mean, and why should members remain opposed?

Care Not Killing responds to latest call for assisted suicide and euthanasia inquiry

Press Releases
30 January, 2020

Care Not Killing has responded to the latest call for an inquiry into assisted suicide and euthanasia made in today’s Sunday Express by saying it not necessary or wanted.

CNK welcomes Court ruling rejecting judicial review appeal by assisted suicide campaigner

Press Releases
30 January, 2020

Care Not Killing welcomes today’s rejection of an unnecessary legal challenge to the UK’s assisted suicide laws by the assisted suicide campaigner Phil Newby.

Isle of Man to consider assisted suicide

Articles
15 January, 2020

A proposal to be considered on 21 January asks lawmakers to introduce legislation for ‘voluntary assisted dying’

Call for assisted suicide law review criticised

Press Releases
13 January, 2020

‘Evidence from around the world shows that removing these protections puts vulnerable people at risk of abuse and of coming under pressure, real or perceived, to end their lives prematurely.’

General Election 2019

Articles
10 December, 2019

With another bid to legalise assisted suicide expected in the next Parliament, it is imperative that voters and candidates address protection for vulnerable people at the end of life

Permission refused for new assisted suicide court challenge

Press Releases
19 November, 2019

Press release: CNK CEO responds to the High Court decision not to allow a new challenge in the name of Mr Phil Newby

The RCGP, assisted suicide and ‘neutrality’

Articles
6 November, 2019

What the RCGP is asking members, what neutrality really means, and why members should remain opposed

World Medical Association reaffirms euthanasia opposition

Medical Opinion
28 October, 2019

In reiterating its ‘firm’ opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide, the WMA also condemns constraints placed upon doctors’ conscience rights

Disability body reasserts assisted suicide dangers

Resources
24 October, 2019

The US National Council on Disability’s report ‘Assisted Suicide Laws and their Danger to People with Disabilities’ ‘finds that the dangers and harms that NCD identified in 1997 and 2005 are at least as significant today.’

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