4+ day, 42+ min ago   (758+ words) The bishops of England and Wales have made a final appeal for MPs to reject the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ahead of its second reading and vote on September 11. Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster said the Bill,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (711+ words) A government adviser on suicide prevention has pointed out that the vote on the assisted suicide Bill will take place the day after World Suicide Prevention Day, revealing a striking disparity in supporters of the Bill’s views on suicide. The…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1148+ words) The new warning comes after the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, said “the fixing of the funding of palliative care and social care” needs to happen before Parliament debates whether to introduce assisted suicide. Burnham said it would be deeply challenging…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (477+ words) Former Labour health minister and NHS transplant surgeon Zubir Ahmed MP has backed the Prime Minister’s stance on the assisted suicide debate, arguing that the “choice between death without adequate care and a death prematurely self-induced is not a real…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (621+ words) Bishop Marcus Stock of Leeds has called “assisted dying” a euphemism for assisted suicide, arguing that palliative care allows people to “properly be assisted to die with dignity.” The statement comes ahead of the second reading and vote on the…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (383+ words) The coming week will see developments on assisted suicide in Britain and Illinois, the aftermath of Archbishop Gallagher’s Moscow visit and the expected verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial. Another consequence of the debate surrounding assisted suicide has been the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (494+ words) Life insurers must pay out in instances where death has occurred as a result of assisted suicide or euthanasia, according to a carve-out in the new French assisted dying law. This has raised concerns that this will create an “economic…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (683+ words) The week saw tributes to Dolly Parton, diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine and renewed opposition to assisted suicide. News of the death of American country music star Dolly Parton at the age of 80 dominated the headlines this…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (319+ words) The bishops of Scotland have called for “human dignity and the common good” to be prioritised as the Scottish Government prepares to publish its 2026-2027 Programme for Government. The Programme, which sets out the actions the Government will take both in…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (687+ words) The debate, which has dominated discourse since the Bill was reintroduced, has also drawn attention to what many have called a problematic lack of funding for palliative care in the UK, prompting calls for greater priority to be given to…...