It has been another greatly encouraging day in the House of Lords. Even on the most conservative estimate, around two-thirds of speeches expressed opposition to assisted suicide or at least to the Leadbeater Bill in its present form. In practice, Peers avoid divisions at Second Reading (it is almost 20 years since a Private Member’s […] The post Peers pile further criticism upon Leadbeater Bill on second day of debate appeared first on Care Not Killing .
Demonstrators placed hundreds of pairs of shoes outside Parliament today to solemnly represent the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who would die each year by state-sanctioned suicide if the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is made law. The government’s impact assessment of Kim Leadbeater’s bill estimates that between 164 and 647 people ... The post Hundreds of pairs of shoes in demo against assisted suicide appeared first on Christian Concern .
Date: Friday 19th September 2025 Release time: Immediate Care Not Killing again welcomes the many detailed speeches in the House of Lords, at the conclusion of the final day of Second Reading, that continue to expose that the assisted dying bill is strewn with problems and has no “absolute right” to become law. Dr Gordon […] The post Lords give another mauling to problem-strewn assisted dying bill that has no absolute right to become law appeared first on Care Not Killing .
ALS is a catastrophic terminal disease that, within a few years of diagnosis (the physicist Stephen Hawking was an exception), eventually causes total paralysis. It is also a tragic condition that euthanasia/assisted suicide activists zealously wield to justify killing as an acceptable answer to suffering. Now, the understandable fear of ALS is being deployed by academic advocates as a means of breaking the (U.S.) requirement for a six-month terminal diagnosis and self-administration in assisted suicide. In jurisdictions where MAiD [the euphemism for assisted suicide that seeks to turn life-en
Date: Friday 12th September 2025 Release time: Immediate Care Not Killing welcomes the many detailed speeches in the House of Lords, at the conclusion of the first day of Second Reading, that have exposed the “deeply flawed” assisted dying bill and highlighted the dangers of changing the law. Dr Gordon Macdonald, CEO of Care […] The post Lords monster “deeply flawed” assisted dying bill appeared first on Care Not Killing .
When assisted suicide/euthanasia is legalized, people who are eligible to be killed because they are seriously ill may become objectified by their societies. For example, they may be thought of as so many organ farms to be harvested after their lives are ended. Such objectification of the sick can be infectious. In California, there is a new research program called Last Gift that seeks people with “life-shortening” conditions who also have HIV to be experimented on — not to find cures or ways to extend their lives, but to better understand the virus. From the Last Gift research subject solicit
Date: Thursday 11th September 2025 Release time: Immediate Millions of adults want their family doctor to opt out of participating in assisted dying if the law is changed, finds a major new poll from Care Not Killing (CNK). Asked if they agreed or disagreed with the statement: “I would personally prefer to have a […] The post Millions want their doctor to “opt out” of assisted dying if the law is changed, finds poll appeared first on Care Not Killing .
Date: Wednesday 10th September 2025 Release time: Immediate Assisted dying/assisted is not a priority for the public, who want the government to cut waiting lists, improve cancer care, fund mental health services, provide assistance for disabled people and children with special educational needs, and fund improved palliative and hospice care. In fact, legalising assisted […] The post Assisted Dying not a priority for public, finds poll appeared first on Care Not Killing .
The California Legislature is entering its final week of floor sessions, and the stakes for families, children, and churches could not be higher. Lawmakers are rushing to push through some of the most radical bills we have seen all year, measures that undermine parental rights, enshrine abortion and assisted suicide, advance harmful transgender ideology, and […] The post Final Showdown in Sacramento: 12 Dangerous Bills Threaten Life, Family, and Liberty first appeared on California Family Council .
Date: Friday 29th August 2025 Release time: Immediate UPDATE – Responding to the Nuffield Trust’s Report: “Assisted dying in practice: International experiences and implications for health and social care, Dr Gordon Macdonald, CEO for Care Not Killing commented: “Yesterday we were provided with embargoed extracts of a report, which were wrongly identified as originating […] The post Care Not Killing disappointed with Nuffield Trust Report on assisted dying appeared first on Care Not Killing .
An article in the Daily Mail sounds the alarm that permitting infant euthanasia — i.e., infanticide — is under serious consideration in Canada: Canada‘s assisted suicide laws have continued rapidly expanding in recent years, with a group of doctors now pushing for disabled newborn babies to be euthanized.…As assisted deaths have become a major part of Canada’s health care system, the Quebec College of Physicians suggested legalizing euthanasia for infants born severely ill. Canada has jumped so enthusiastically into the euthanasia abyss that I have little doubt that infanticide will eventually
Wesley J. Smith joined George Noory on Best of Coast to Coast AM to discuss human exceptionalism and euthanasia. He defines human exceptionalism for listeners and explains why it’s such an essential concept for medicine and ethics. He also discusses how euthanasia has taken the world by storm, how it’s a betrayal of Hippocratic principles, and why he’s against euthanasia in any and all circumstances.
Wesley J. Smith joined Todd Wilken on Issues, Etc. to discuss euthanasia around the world. Smith discusses how various countries around the world, like Canada, New Zealand, and multiple nations in Europe, have embraced euthanasia. He also explains why this is dangerous to the societal value of human life. We’ve changed the purpose of society from protecting innocent life, for many people, to eliminating suffering. And if eliminating suffering becomes the prime purpose, that quickly mutates into eliminating the sufferer. Wesley J. Smith
For decades, pro-life activists have warned lawmakers that if they legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, they would be opening Pandora’s box. In no time at all, killing would become the preferred method of solving complex healthcare problems. Healing people is costly. And comforting those who are sick, destitute, or lonely in a way that respects… The post The Rise of Assisted Suicide in Canada appeared first on Human Life International .
Opponents of euthanasia have been screaming about Canada’s god-awful euthanasia machine for years. And it keeps getting worse. Now, the mainstream media — usually in the tank for assisted suicide — has finally noticed, as demonstrated by a thoroughly researched and objectively presented story by Elaina Plott Calabro. It’s a long piece, but it’s well worth everyone’s time. Calabro discusses examples of doctors who have killed hundreds of patients, people who have had themselves killed because they couldn’t access proper support services, and many other cases. Euthanasia is Canada’s fifth-leadin
How is the culture of death impacting the United Kingdom? On this episode, Fr. Boquet breaks down the worrying spread of assisted dying and euthanasia in the UK and Ireland. Earlier this year, the UK House of Commons passed the “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill”, moving the country one step closer to legalizing assisted… The post Inside the Push for Assisted Suicide: Lessons from the UK & Ireland appeared first on Human Life International .
In September 2025, Kim Leadbeater’s bill to legalise assisted suicide will come back to Parliament, where it would have to pass through the House of Lords to become a law. The House of Lords can block this bill. It isn’t a government bill and it wasn’t a manifesto promise, which means that the House of ... The post How to write to peers to stop assisted suicide appeared first on Christian Concern .
News emerged this week of a woman, Maureen Slough, who recently travelled from Ireland to Switzerland to end her life through assisted suicide. Her family only learned of her death afterwards, leaving them devastated. The case further reveals the existence in Switzerland of what is sometimes called ‘suicide tourism’ whereby people travel there to avail […] The post Switzerland’s ‘assisted dying’ regime claims another Irish victim first appeared on The Iona Institute .
Did you know that there are now 11 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C., that have legalized the euphemistically named MAID, or medical aid in dying?[1] This is really physician-assisted suicide. The American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics describes physician-assisted suicide as the process where a physician provides “the necessary means and/or information to enable the patient to perform the life-ending act.”[2] Source
On August 20, California’s Assembly Appropriations Committee will consider Senate Bill 403, introduced by Senator Catherine Blakespear, a measure that could cement California’s assisted suicide law as a permanent fixture, without the review or accountability promised when it was first approved a decade ago. This may seem like a technical tweak, removing a “sunset clause” […] The post Sunset No More: Bill Would Make Assisted Suicide Law Permanent in CA first appeared on California Family Council .
Legalizing euthanasia/assisted suicide, abortion, and transgender interventions for dysphoric children is only the beginning of the ongoing destruction of Hippocratic moral values in medicine. Once such interventions are legal, activists next insist that they become readily available. But many (and I hope most) doctors want nothing to do with causing death or interfering with the normal functioning of healthy bodies. Indeed, many assisted suicide, abortion, and gender ideologues complain that too few doctors willingly participate in these procedures, as is sometimes protected by the law. These
Another “strict guideline to prevent abuse” of assisted suicide has just been euthanized in Washington State, continuing an ongoing trend of loosening assisted suicide laws and practices. The legalization law requires annual reports to be issued by the state to promote transparency. Well, from now on, opaqueness will be the order of the day. From the Medical Futility blog, by pro-assisted-suicide activist Thaddeus Mason Pope (whose blog is a reliable source of information on these issues): Like almost all other aid-in-dying jurisdictions, the Washington State statute requires the “department o
“Thoughts on Medical Assisted Suicide” to stream online July 23rd-30th, 2025 In honor of the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed into law on July 26, 1990, the new 36-minute film, “Thoughts on Medical Assisted Suicide” will be available for viewing online at Https://pamasprogressives.org from Wednesday July 23rd through Wednesday […]
Geriatric suicides used to be considered a tragedy. But these days, increasingly, they are celebrated — whether Compassion and Choices (formerly, the more honestly named Hemlock Society) teaching elderly people to starve themselves to death (VSED), joint lethal jabs of aged married couples in places like the Netherlands, Belgium, and Canada, or suicides facilitated at Swiss death clinics. These clinics are proud of their toll. One Swiss clinic even “prioritizes people who are elderly but not seriously ill,” while others willingly engage in geriatric assisted suicide of depressed elders if they
Our Communications Manager, Paul Huxley, discusses the platforming of an MP at the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast who voted for decriminalising abortion up to birth and the legalising of assisted suicide, calling for a return to moral seriousness within the church. I’ve never seen more moral clarity from Christian leaders than in the recent week ... The post Can Christian MPs vote for death? The need for moral seriousness in the church appeared first on Christian Concern .
Andrea Williams comments on the state of the nation in light of Parliament’s recent votes to decriminalise abortion up-to-birth and to legalise assisted suicide. This piece was also published in Christian Today When has any true revival ever been quiet? In recent days, many Christian leaders have lamented the darkness we witnessed in Parliament with ... The post We need a moral reformation – not just a quiet revival appeared first on Christian Concern .
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have warned that the future of Catholic care homes and hospices is in doubt if the assisted suicide legislation currently before parliament is passed because they may be forced to comply with its provisions, thereby totally violating their own ethos. The warning came following the recent passage of […] The post English hospices may soon be forced to close before of euthanasia law first appeared on The Iona Institute .
Dovie Eisner, a 34-year-old disabled New Yorker with nemaline myopathy, is currently hospitalized and urges Governor Hochul to veto New York's medical aid in dying law, which he and others consider the worst of its kind. Eisner initially urged the New York Senate to reject Senate Bill 138 and continues to advocate against assisted suicide laws through the disability rights organization Not Dead Yet.
If an ex-parliamentarian for your area is listed below (the first list, of MPs, is ordered by nations of the UK), why not write to them, expressing your concerns about the Bill? We have excluded (from the list below) some peers who have expressed particularly strong public support or opposition to legalising assisted suicide, but […] The post Former MPs sitting in the House of Lords appeared first on Care Not Killing .
In this episode, Fr. Boquet explores the growing crisis of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada—and what it means for the elderly and vulnerable people everywhere. We unpack the shocking true story of Marge, a woman with ADHD and autism recently approved for MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) in Canada. Her case, first reported by… The post MAiD for Autism? The Slippery Slope of Legal Euthanasia in Canada appeared first on Human Life International .
