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Westminster Hall debate voices of caution welcomed

Care Not Killing is pleased at the “strength and breadth” of opposition from MPs towards the policy of introducing euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS), in the UK.

Key evidence guide brought up to date

Bioethicists in Oxford have released the latest iteration of their evidence guide for the debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia

WATCH: MPs hear expert testimony from Canada

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well (with which CNK works) hosted “Lessons from Canada: Evidence from Palliative Care, Psychiatry and Law” on 23 May 2022

New Manx assisted suicide proposal

Members of the House of Keys grant leave for an assisted suicide bill to be brought forward in the Isle of Man

Suicide statistics don’t support law change

“We welcome the release of these figures by the ONS, which no doubt advocates of assisted suicide and euthanasia will claim support their calls for a change in the law – but they do not.”

Government agrees palliative care right

The Government has agreed to amend the Health and Care Bill to make palliative care commissioning a legal requirement across England

Oregon 2021: anorexia, hernias & feeling a burden

The 24th annual report on assisted suicide in Oregon has been framed to ward off difficult questions, but only lays bare how much they don’t know about assisted suicide in practice.

WATCH: peer and professor’s warnings to MSPs

As Scotland continues to await the report on the McArthur Bill consultation, Baroness (Tanni) Grey-Thompson and Professor Marie Fallon delivered timely warnings to MSPs during a Care Not Killing-Not Dead Yet webinar on 8 March.

Peers reject ‘unconstitutional’ amendment

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 Forsyth Amendment’s rejection.

A risk inherent in the Assisted Dying Bill

Our CEO writes in the Herald (11 January 2022) concerning reasons for opposition to Liam McArthur’s proposed Holyrood bill

CNK and ODOC respond to Scottish bill

Read the joint submission of Care Not Killing and Our Duty of Care to the Scottish Parliament consultation concerning a proposed assisted suicide bill.

WATCH: experts’ warnings to MSPs

Watch Dutch ethicist and former euthanasia regulator Prof Theo Boer; Canadian palliative care physician Dr Leonie Herx; and academic and disability rights advocate Dr Miro Griffiths address our 23 November seminar for MSPs, co-hosted with Not Dead Yet.

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