Tag: Scotland

‘Scottish legal position clear’

Suggestions that the current legal settlement concerning assisted suicide in Scotland is ambiguous are scotched

Scottish bill guides published

As the stage one debate draws closer, Care Not Killing releases guides to Patrick Harvie's assisted suicide proposals for Scotland

First Minister rejects AS Bill

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon refuses to support the controversial bill before MSPs, saying: 'I believe we should support people to live'

10,000 sign Scottish petition

The Care Not Killing petition urging MSPs not to make assisted suicide legal in Scotland has attracted more than 10,000 signatures

Senior clinicians: why we say no

Scottish doctors with '...tens of thousands of patient-years experience in the care of people with advanced and incurable illnesses' explain their opposition to the Harvie Bill

Harvie Bill: scope

'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

Harvie Bill: health implications

'It gives far too much power and not nearly enough accountability to doctors who are not really in a position to make the judgment that the bill requires', CNK's Campaign Director tells MSPs

Palliative care: longer life?

Despite death being our only shared destiny, there is an amazing amount of misinformation about what medicine can achieve at the end of life

‘Let’s be honest…

...It's not just a wish to 'have the debate' is it?'

Holyrood petition backed

'the wake-up call surely has sounded'

Scottish Bill Consultation

Care Not Killing has responded to the Scottish Parliament's call for evidence concerning the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. Have you?

Quick Briefing

Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill

Saying ‘no’ to Margo

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

‘New Poll Shows Drop In Support For Euthanasia’

A new poll published in Scotland in relation to Margo MacDonald MSP's Assisted Suicide Bill points to a downward shift in support for such measures.

Scottish Bill launched

Care Not Killing responds to the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill

Overwhelming defeat

for Margo Macdonald's End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill

End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill Committee rejects Margo Bill

End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill Committee rejects Margo Bill