Tag: Legislation

What are the major parties pledging regarding assisted suicide legislation in the new Parliament?
Press release: Care Not Killing and Our Duty of Care herald new bill, as consultation opens.
“Providing high quality palliative care and supporting people at the end... is what we would urge the members of the House of Keys focus on and pull back from this dangerous and ideological policy.”
Press release: medical experts campaigning against Liam McArthur's Holyrood bill express their concerns ahead of a meeting between Dr James Downar and MSPs.
“Members of Parliament... should copy their German counterparts and reject any proposal to weaken our current laws.”
Bill 11, approved this week, ushers in advance requests for illnesses like dementia, and curtails hospice conscience rights.
Canadian Parliamentarians have recommended that euthanasia be made available to children, two weeks after the Government bowed to pressure and postponed expansion to those with mental illnesses.