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New Commons ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill

Articles
9 June, 2015

Labour MP wins chance to bring Lord Falconer’s ‘assisted dying’ bill before the House of Commons. Will MPs follow the House of Lords, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Tynwald in saying ‘no’?

Dignitas death doublespeak

Articles
8 June, 2015

Assisted suicide advocates lose sight of the limits they have set for themselves as another Briton dies at Dignitas

MSP speaks up for disabled people

Personal stories
1 June, 2015

The Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill ‘would reinforce the concept that my life and those of others with life-shortening conditions are not worth living and are not of the same value’

Holyrood debate: highlights

Events Reports
1 June, 2015

Read, in their own words, why MSPs voted to again reject assisted suicide

Harvie Bill: how MSPs voted

Events Reports
1 June, 2015

The full lists of those MSPs who voted for and against the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill at Stage One debate on 27 May 2015

Scottish assisted suicide bill defeated

Articles
27 May, 2015

In a free vote at Holyrood, MSPs have thrown out the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill at Stage One by 82 votes to 36, in a clear repudiation of the principles of the Bill

Support ebbs ahead of bill debate

Public opinion
27 May, 2015

Care Not Killing’s campaign against the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill has been prominent in the news ahead of debate in Holyrood. Popular support is faltering, more than 15,000 have supported CNK’s petition and opposition among MSPs is strong

WATCH: ‘Real Compassion’

Resources
26 May, 2015

Care Not Killing considers the challenge before MSPs ahead of their 27 May debate and vote on the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill.

Harvie Bill: what others say

Submissions
30 April, 2015

A selection of extracts from submissions to the Health and Sport Committee, which has led scrutiny of the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill

Holyrood bill committee reports

Press Releases
30 April, 2015

The report by the Health and Sport Committee, which is leading scrutiny of the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill, makes clear that this deeply flawed proposal must be rejected by MSPs at the earliest opportunity

DPP guidelines: legal challenge

Articles
28 April, 2015

Director of Public Prosecutions faces new legal challenge for ‘clarifying’ guidelines on prosecutions for assisted suicide

‘…to see you out, nice’

Articles
28 April, 2015

Bruce Forsyth’s recent pronouncements on assisted suicide for dementia patients are seriously misguided

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