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Keir Starmer’s lethal legacy
No one voted for assisted dying
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Stop the assisted suicide Bill returning on Wednesday
The Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, Lauren Edwards, has announced that she intends to use her number two slot in the Private Members’ Bill ballot to bring back Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill. There has been a massive backlash from a large number of her fellow Labour MPs and other commentators after she signalled […]
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Pleas for Lauren Edwards to rethink and not revive assisted suicide Bill, which would cause Labour civil war
Labour MP, Lauren Edwards, is being called on to bring forward a Private Members’ Bill that would unite her constituency, the Labour Party, Parliament and the country, rather than an assisted suicide Bill that would be divisive, distracting and likely be defeated. Lauren Edwards has said she intends to reintroduce Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, […]
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Press release – Calls for Lauren Edwards to rethink and not bring back the divisive assisted suicide Bill, which would cause Labour civil war
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Calls for Lauren Edwards to rethink and not bring back the divisive assisted suicide Bill, which would cause Labour civil war 15 June 2025 – Labour MP, Lauren Edwards, is being called on to bring forward a Private Members’ Bill that would unite her constituency, the […]
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Disappointment at “ideological” revival of “deeply flawed assisted dying bill”
Date: Sunday 14th June 2025 Release time: Immediate Care Not Killing is deeply disappointed at the ideological decision to bring back the deeply flawed assisted dying bill, despite poll after poll confirming the public do not see it as a priority. Dr Gordon Macdonald, CEO of Care Not Killing, commented: “We are obviously disappointed […] The post Disappointment at “ideological” revival of “deeply flawed assisted dying bill” appeared first on Care Not Killing .
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AUL Urges Federal Government to Reject “MAID” Framing and Strengthen Oversight of Assisted Suicide
Americans United for Life has submitted formal comment to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the agency’s Request for Information on “medical aid in dying” (MAID) in the context of Medicare hospice care. AUL’s comments make clear that the federal government must not allow deceptive and euphemistic language when referring […] The post AUL Urges Federal Government to Reject “MAID” Framing and Strengthen Oversight of Assisted Suicide appeared first on Americans United for Life .
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Wrap up: Westminster Hall debate on forcing assisted suicide into law without Parliament’s consent
MPs participated in a Westminster Hall debate on Monday, 8 June, in which it was made clear that the failure of the assisted suicide Bill to become law during the last parliamentary session was constitutionally proper. The debate arose as a result of an e-petition created by pro-assisted suicide campaigner Sophie Blake. The objective of […]
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Canadian bishops denounce assisted suicide at MAID’s 10th anniversary
People gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, the annual National March for Life on May 14, 2026. Thousands carried their pro-life signs and walked the streets of the capital to sound the alarm for an end to abortion and euthanasia in Canada. " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.americamagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260515T1616-CANADA-NATIONAL-MARCH-FOR-LIFE-1819846-scaled-e1781205746340.jpg?fit=780%2C477&ssl=1" /> The bishops described the state of MAID in Canada as “the world’s largest and fastest-growing euthanasia program," accounting for over 5 percent of deaths in t
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Americans Are of Two Minds About the “Moral Acceptability” of Suicide
Gallup just issued its annual poll on “moral acceptability.” I was struck by the dramatically different results in the two questions about suicide. The first question asked about “doctor assisted suicide.” Close to a majority, 49 percent, of respondents answered that committing suicide with a doctor’s help is morally acceptable, while 45 percent responded that it is not. The other question asked simply about the moral acceptability of “suicide.” Strikingly, only 21 percent said that it is morally acceptable to take one’s own life, while a whopping 70 percent said it is not. Indeed, suicide was
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Fewer than 10% of UK voters view euthanasia as a priority issue: new poll
According to an exclusive June 2 report from the Daily Mail, fewer than one in ten U.K. voters consider assisted suicide a priority for their Member of Parliament. The mega-poll of over 10,000 people comes as a blow to suicide activists, who are desperately trying to resurrect Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s euthanasia bill that died in the House [...] The post Fewer than 10% of UK voters view euthanasia as a priority issue: new poll first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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New Jersey Doctor Has Legally Assisted About 200 Suicides
There is an old joke: What do you call the medical student who finished last in his class? Answer: “Doctor.” The increasing legalization of assisted suicide has accorded that joke a disturbing pertinence. A doctor who prescribes poison need not be an excellent medical practitioner. He or she need not specialize in treating patients who present with particular life-threatening conditions, and indeed, can prescribe even if never treating the patient’s underlying condition at all. For example, Jack Kevorkian was a pathologist who never treated a living patient after medical school. But if assiste
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Canada’s Increasing MAiD Deaths Highlight the Need for Holy and Faithful Friendships
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying continues to claim victims. But what’s even more disturbing is that unethical doctors are pushing it on the vulnerable and with very few ramifications. A recent article in Right to Life News caught my attention, as a physician named James MacLean is now facing sanctions for his role in the […] The post Canada’s Increasing MAiD Deaths Highlight the Need for Holy and Faithful Friendships appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
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Fewer than 1 in 10 voters consider assisted suicide a priority for their local MP
Fewer than one in ten voters consider assisted suicide a priority for their local MP, a new mega-poll has revealed. The mega-poll of over 10,000 people, reported in the Daily Mail, revealed that, in every single constituency in Great Britain, a majority of voters do not want their MP to support a law pushed through […]
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can assisted suicide and suicide prevention really coexist?
A recent article in The Lancet Psychiatry provides a window into a philosophical tension at the heart of current assisted suicide debates. The article reflects on the case of Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who died by euthanasia earlier this year. Castillo experienced profound suffering throughout her life, including childhood neglect, sexual violence, psychiatric illness, […] The post can assisted suicide and suicide prevention really coexist? appeared first on Christian Medical Fellowship .
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“Help me” – final cries of Canadian man during botched euthanasia
An 87-year-old Canadian man was not properly sedated before his life was ended by euthanasia, as he repeatedly cried out “help me” while dying. The man from Ontario, known only as Mr D, had congestive heart failure and met the eligibility criteria to end his life under Canada’s assisted suicide and euthanasia regime, known as […]
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Anorexia loophole would remain in assisted suicide Bill if brought back, expert says
An eating disorders researcher has warned that bringing back the assisted suicide Bill using the Parliament Acts would also bring back a loophole that would put the lives of people with eating disorders at risk. Chelsea Roff, the founder of leading eating disorder charity Eat Breathe Thrive, said that Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, which […]
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Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia
By Marie Brousseau The elderly are immense gifts to society, yet too often today we see that our culture focuses on personal fulfillment, which can then lead to the neglect of people who are no longer deemed necessary or productive. This includes the sick and the elderly, who may feel lonely, abandoned, and isolated from… Read More » Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia The post Compassion and Love Can Prevent Euthanasia appeared first on ALL .
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Living and Dying in Canada
Mark Bradford Canada legalized MAID in 2016, and it has come to rank a close second behind the Netherlands in the number of deaths by euthanasia each year.
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Canada: Declared dead, man wakes after botched euthanasia
After having been pronounced dead, a patient woke up after a botched euthanasia attempt, leading to his doctor being placed under supervision by the province’s physicians’ regulator due to repeated failures to adhere to protocols and procedures. Dr James MacLean was the subject of two complaints relating to two cases involving Canada’s euthanasia and assisted […]
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Press comment – Kenneth Law suicide drug seller case
COMMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press comment – Case of drug seller aiding suicides shows assisted suicide Bill must not be brought back Right To Life UK responds to Canadian ‘poison seller’, Kenneth Law, pleading guilty to aiding suicides by selling toxic chemical online. Catherine Robinson, spokesperson for Right To Life UK, a charity that […]
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Former Attorney General shares how battling cancer made her more opposed to assisted suicide
The former Attorney General for England and Wales, Victoria Prentis, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, has said that her first-hand experience of radiotherapy has strengthened her views against assisted suicide. Baroness Prentis, who was also previously a Member of Parliament with tenures as Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food, and Minister […]
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Doughnut shop euthanasia assessment leads to Canadian doctor being disciplined
After one of his patients had his euthanasia assessment conducted outside a doughnut shop, an Ontario doctor has been placed under supervision by the province’s physicians’ regulator due to repeated failures to adhere to protocols and procedures. Dr James MacLean was the subject of two complaints relating to two cases involving Canada’s euthanasia and assisted […]
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A New Case for Medical-Aid-In-Dying?
Apart from any further consideration of ultimate intention, euthanasia and assisted suicide are actions that directly and purposely seek to kill the patient for the “crime” of being ill or sick. They necessarily contradict our human dignity and cannot be ordered to the love of God and neighbor, including and especially the sick and suffering.
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Bioethicists: “Terminally Sedate” People Committing Suicide by Self-Starvation
In a newly released paper in the prestigious journal Bioethics, three prominent bioethicists argue that when someone decides to commit suicide via self-starvation and dehydration — known in euthanasia movement parlance as “voluntary stop eating and drinking” (VSED) — doctors should be allowed to “terminally sedate” the person trying to die when necessary to prevent intractable suffering. Patients who commit VSED are often not terminally ill. In fact, euthanasia organizations promote self-starvation to the elderly who are not dying and as a means of becoming eligible for assisted suicide where
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Grieving mother dies in Swiss assisted suicide clinic
On April 24, a healthy 56-year-old woman died by suicide at the Pegasos clinic in Basel, Switzerland. Wendy Duffy, a former care worker from the West Midlands, U.K., was still grieving the loss of 23-year-old son Marcus, who died in 2022 after tragically choking to death when he was asleep after eating a sandwich. Duffy [...] The post Grieving mother dies in Swiss assisted suicide clinic first appeared on The Bridgehead .
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Van Maren recounts the assisted death of a British mother who was grieving her son's death. He argues that the case demonstrates the need for support in bereavement rather than assistance to end life.
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An Interview with Prof. Miguel Pastorino
Uruguay recently became the first country in Latin America to legalize euthanasia. Its General Assembly, the national legislature, approved legislation in October 2025 to allow euthanizing persons over 18 with a chronic, irreversible, and incurable disease that causes “unbearable suffering.” Over at... The post An Interview with Prof. Miguel Pastorino appeared first on The Human Life Review .
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Assisted suicide Bill could be brought back after four pro-assisted suicide MPs drawn near top of ballot
Four MPs who were drawn in the top seven at the House of Commons Private Members’ Bill ballot this morning voted in favour of the assisted suicide Bill in the last parliamentary session, adding weight to fears that the Bill might be brought back. Private Members’ Bills are bills that can be introduced by MPs […]
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MPs who supported assisted suicide Bill now oppose it being forced through via the Parliament Acts, suggesting Bill likely to fail if it comes back
In a major blow to Kim Leadbeater’s plans to revive her assisted suicide Bill, cross-party MPs from the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties who previously voted for the Bill, including former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP Sir Jeremy Hunt, have told constituents they now oppose it being forced into law using the Parliament […]
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Press release – MPs who supported assisted suicide Bill now oppose it being forced through via the Parliament Acts, suggesting Bill likely to fail if it comes back
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Cross-party MPs who supported the assisted suicide Bill now oppose it being forced through via the Parliament Acts, suggesting Bill likely to fail if it comes back 20 May 2026 – In a major blow to Kim Leadbeater’s plans to revive her assisted suicide Bill, cross-party […]
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