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Physician-assisted Suicide: Some Reasons for Rejecting Lord Falconer’s Bill

  • Resources
A report by Professor John Keown of Georgetown University concerning the Assisted Dying Bill and its broader context

Falconer Bill: where we are now

  • Q&As
Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill received its second reading on Friday 18 July. Here’s what you need to know as we look forward.

‘Assisted dying’ & public opinion

  • Public opinion
Public support for Falconer’s ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill drops dramatically to just 43% when arguments against are heard

Living life to the full

  • Personal stories
Concert pianist Matthew Schellhorn considers the Assisted Dying Bill and talks about his experience of being a carer. ‘I am so glad I did not have to discuss the Assisted Dying Bill with my terminally ill mother’

Falconer bill is a recipe for the abuse of elderly and disabled people, says Care Not Killing

  • Press Releases
On the eve of the House of Lords’ debate on Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill, Care Not Killing, an alliance of 40 organisations, has called on peers to reject the proposed legislation on grounds of public safety.

Charity chiefs denounce bill

  • Letters
The CEOs of four major charities representing elderly and disabled people have written to all members of the House of Lords to oppose Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill.

Parliamentary Rally

  • Events Reports
Stand with disabled people as Peers debate the Falconer Bill

Assisted Suicide: Reflections from the Front

  • Personal stories
Christopher Jones’ powerful testimony shows how important the protection of the law is to those confronting incurable illnesses

Tutu’s ill-judged intervention

  • Faith Opinion
Anti-apartheid campaigner’s arguments for ‘assisted dying’ will fuel existing prejudice against elderly, dying and disabled people

Lord Carey’s ‘change of mind’

  • Faith Opinion
Why the former Archbishop of Canterbury is wrong on assisted suicide

HPAD gets slapped down at the BMA ARM

  • Medical Opinion
Pro-assisted suicide doctors demonstrate how far from the mainstream of their profession they have strayed

BMJ editorial disowned

  • Medical Opinion
Medical profession strikes back at BMJ editors over assisted suicide stance
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