Tag: Marris Bill

Alliance celebrates one year since a packed House of Commons voted 330-118 against a private member's bill to introduce assisted suicide for the terminally ill
Look at snapshots of the case against assisted suicide shared on social media in the days before the Marris Bill second reading debate
CNK spoke to friends, supporters and visitors at the rally in opposition to Rob Marris's Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill on the day of its Commons second reading (Friday 11 September 2015)
Look at snapshots of the case against assisted suicide shared on social media in the days before the Marris Bill second reading debate
Look at snapshots of the case against assisted suicide shared on social media in the days before the Marris Bill second reading debate
Polling data released to coincide with the Marris Bill debate suggest the vast majority fear legalised 'assisted dying' would force the hand of those terminally ill who feel burdensome - and adversely affect NHS budget priorities
A common theme in analysis of the Marris Bill debate throughout the day and since has been the failure, or inability, to defend the Bill and its principles
MPs make clear that the issues surrounding end of life care and decisions are as real for them as for all, with moving and often passionate contributions from all sides of the House
Around a dozen former healthcare professionals now sitting as MPs participated in the Marris Bill debate, with a number of speeches based on professional experience proving key
Considering the Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill, MPs spoke on a wide range of principled and practical objections. Read a selection of these now
Defeat of the Marris Assisted Dying Bill - some reflections on how MPs voted
Care Not Killing welcomes Parliament's 'unequivocal' rejection of the Marris' Bill, by 330 votes to 118
Doctors writing in the Guardian in support of assisted suicide are the 'usual suspects' and do not speak for the wider medical profession
The House of Commons Library has released its in-house briefing paper on the Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill
Latest cuts in prescribing proven cancer drugs could well steer people toward assisted suicide if Marris Bill passes
In the run-up to the House of Commons debate on the Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill, Care Not Killing warns MPs not to make Oregon's mistake
You've been meeting with and writing to MPs in your thousands: now join us outside Parliament on the day they debate the Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill
'Assisting suicide runs counter to our duty of care' say nearly 80 doctors in open letter to MPs