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'?
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'
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
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
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
'The committee needs to consider whether, as a society, we want to send out the message that some people's lives are not worth living because of the quality of life that they perceive themselves to have', CNK Scotland's Gordon Macdonald tells MSPs
