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Tag: Falconer Bill

CNK responds to new Falconer Bill

'...a bill that sends a dog whistle message to the terminally ill, vulnerable, elderly and disabled people, that their lives are worth less than others.'

New Commons ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill

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

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

Assisted suicide – bills update

In the face of two major threats the price of freedom is eternal vigilance

Palliative medics: still no to AS

Senior figures in palliative medicine restate the doctors' case for opposing assisted suicide for their patients

Has medicine ‘lost its way’?

'The holistic nature of our care, the presence, the confidence to bear witness to all suffering is what underpins hospice care. To introduce 'death on demand' as an option seems to be a tragic and unnecessary development'

Falconer Bill: disabled people

The contributions of Baroness Campbell to the Falconer Bill's second day of committee consideration once again drew the greatest attention. Read her two key speeches, advocating for the rights of disabled people

Falconer Bill: prognoses

Baroness Finlay led debate on the difficulty of assessing terminally ill patients and determining a prognosis - an issue critical to the viability of Lord Falconer's bill which was receiving its second day of committee consideration

Falconer Bill: doctors

Lord Carlile's amendment to require a pre-existing doctor-patient relationship on the Falconer Bill's second day of committee consideration sparked key points of debate

Falconer Bill: ‘assisted dying’?

The term 'assisted dying' has long been controversial, but supporters of Lord Falconer proved utterly unwilling to accept the simplest demands of the English language on his bill's second day in committee when Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve proposed an alternative phrase: assisted suicide

APM members’ strong ‘no’ to Lords

82% of Association for Palliative Medicine members oppose a change in the law on assisted suicide, with 72% saying passage of a Falconer-type bill would have an adverse effect on the delivery of palliative care

Welsh Assembly rejects Falconer

A motion in support of the Falconer Bill has been rejected by AMs, whose constituents would be covered by the Bill

Falconer Bill in committee

Where did the first day of consideration in committee actually get us?

Poll exposes ‘chilling’ attitude

Peers urged to ditch dangerous assisted suicide bill, as new polling shows that one in ten Britons would favour rewarding older people for ending their lives.

Key Bill guides published

Read briefings circulated among members of the House of Lords ahead of the Falconer Bill's committee stage: on the Bill itself and on ten reasons not to follow Oregon's example.

Falconer Bill: defeat in detail?

The Assisted Dying Bill goes before the House of Lords in Committee on Friday 7 November

RCP ‘assisted dying’ consultation

The Royal College of Physicians has launched a survey to assess its members' views on assisted suicide

What doctors told Peers

Ahead of the Falconer Bill's second reading, key healthcare professionals' groups issued strong statements reiterating: we can do better for our patients.
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