Tag: Opinion

Call the Midwife

The BBC's popular Sunday night drama offers an alternative view of 'a good death'

Saying ‘no’ to Margo

A catalogue of reasons why Margo MacDonald's Assisted Suicide Bill should be rejected

‘The only humane approach’

Kathy Gyngell describes how redoubled care efforts overcame her terminally ill husband's despair - and afforded him a peaceful death

Euthanasia: We can live without it

'Disabled people, elderly people, adults made vulnerable by terminal and other illnesses, and now children are being told that their lives are not worth living.'

Back to (med) school

A debate at University College London on Monday night allowed the core principles of the debate on assisted suicide to be addressed - and by a distinguished cast.

Disabilities & ‘assisted dying’

With all major disabilities activists' groups opposed to euthanasia and assisted suicide, what is Dignity in Dying's new wing's real purpose?

Lords bill is a ‘blank cheque’

Lord Falconer's 'Assisted Dying' Bill is 'asking Parliament to sign a blank cheque' say peers

Stephen Hawking

A great scientist - but his advice on decriminalising assisted suicide should be given short shrift

Public policy meets… cricket

Jonathan Agnew should stick to cricket rather than pontificating about serious matters of public policy

Springbok hero dying from MND

'It's only when you go through what I am going through that you understand that life is generous'

Police make arrests in Sussex

Chichester case should serve as a reminder of why assisted suicide is against the law

BMA affirms Liverpool Care Pathway

Yorkshire GP Dr Mark Pickering on the BMA's vote of confidence in the LCP

Assisted living, not assisted dying

Human rights, equalities and disability rights expert Neil Crowther dissects the most prominent reasons given for legal change.

Amour: a dangerously seductive piece of pro-euthanasia propaganda

Critics reassess 'Amour' in the wake of its awards season prominence

BBC3’s ‘Way to Go’: review

BBC's assisted suicide comedy highlights breadth of dangers associated with assisted suicide, but fails to prove subject matter's artistic merit.

Comedian’s ‘Euthanasia Road Trip’

'why these countries pass such laws, how they work and whether my concerns are justified'

Lib Dem Peer clarifies debate on ‘assisted dying’

Lord Carlile responds to party activist's 'errors, half truths and spin' on 'assisted dying'

Official: Doctors cannot encourage or assist suicide

Newly published GMC guidance clarifies how doctors and investigators should approach assisted suicide