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Assistance in suicide, related legislation and objections to such practices.
Following the recent intervention of Prime Minister Andy Burnham in the assisted suicide debate, the Catholic chaplain to the Houses of Parliament says he doesn’t believe that Burnham is opposed to assisted suicide in principle.
Read →There’s a fight coming – in fact, it’s already joined – and the stakes are high for Britain, but they’re not limited to the U.K.
Read →An undated file photo shows a Dominican Sister of Hawthorne serving a resident at Rosary Hill Home in New York. " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.americamagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260731T1356-JUDGE-BLOCKS-NUNS-ASSISTED-SUICIDE-ENFORCEMENT-1824229-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C565&ssl=1" /> A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic health care ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. The post Court shields women religious from New York assisted suicide law
Read →UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday said parliamentary debate of assisted suicide should be put on hold until palliative and social care programs in the country are properly funded.
Read →In a major setback for the assisted suicide lobby ahead of the 11 September vote on the revived assisted suicide Bill, the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has said that the debate around introducing assisted suicide should not take place in a context where palliative and social care remains poorly funded, confirming “that’s the position I […]
Read →PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Major setback for assisted suicide lobby as Prime Minister Andy Burnham says assisted suicide debate should not happen while palliative and social care remains poorly funded 29 July 2026 – In a major setback for the assisted suicide lobby ahead of the 11 September vote on […]
Read →In February 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will legalize physician-assisted suicide in New York State.1 Going into effect in August 2026, the legislation will allow physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to New York State residents with active suicidal ideation and who, it is ... The post Against Suicide—Except Assisted Suicide? New York’s Contradiction appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →On Wednesday, July 15, France’s National Assembly voted 291 to 241 to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. The vote follows a years-long, often-contentious debate, in which proposed laws were repeatedly rejected by both chambers of the legislature. The new law permits an adult to request death if he or she is a French citizen or… The post The Death Spiral Continues: France Legalizes Euthanasia appeared first on Human Life International .
Read →Why have lawmakers reintroduced a bill nearly identical to the one that failed only a few months ago?
Read →Dear Mr. Clooney, We, the undersigned national disability rights organizations, urge you to use your platform to advance disability justice and to defend the rights of people with disabilities against the inherent discrimination and dangers of assisted suicide legislation. For the reasons set forth below, we urge you to reconsider the impact of your involvement. […]
Read →New York just legalized assisted suicide. Adding insult to injury, the law requires morally or religiously objecting doctors to be complicit in assisted suicides by cooperating with some of its provisions. Specifically, the Medical Aid in Dying Act requires that the “attending physician” of patients requesting assisted suicide perform specified functions before patients can be prescribed lethal substances, with no apparent opt-out in the law that I could discern for physicians who are morally or religiously opposed to such a request. These mandatory actions include examining the patient to det
Read →Rhoda Grant, a former Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), has called for Labour Party MPs to unite in voting down Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill, rather than reopen and deepen yet more divisions under the new Prime Minister. Writing in The Times newspaper, Scotland edition, Grant said that the issue of assisted suicide […]
Read →Over 350 reporting errors and “compliance concerns” for euthanasia and assisted suicide in British Columbia in 2024 required practitioners to receive “education” on the criminal law and professional standards regarding the administration of death, raising serious safety concerns. The data, contained within a confidential annual report prepared by the official MAID [Medical Assistance in Dying] […]
Read →Date: Thursday 21st July 2026 Release time: Immediate Care Not Killing has expressed deep disappointment following the decision by the Tynwald in the Isle of Man to formally sign off on their assisted dying bill — meaning two small islands have changed their laws despite serious safety concerns. The group believes the legislation breaches the UK’s […] The post Care Not Killing “saddened” as Isle of Man sign off deeply flawed assisted dying law appeared first on Care Not Killing .
Read →Lauren Edwards MP has published her assisted suicide Bill in near-identical form to the much criticised Leadbeater Bill from the previous parliamentary session, retaining dozens of serious flaws identified by Royal Colleges, professional bodies, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and disability, mental health and domestic abuse charities. By publishing a near-identical Bill to the […]
Read →The West continues its love affair with the culture of death as the French National Assembly just voted to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, overriding the Senate’s rejection. I haven’t read the bill, but here are a few notes I discerned from various media reports: Please remember that the law as it currently exists will surely not be the permanent ceiling of permissibility, but as other jurisdictions illustrate, merely be the launching pad for an ever more expansive euthanasia regime. Moreover, even these weak-tea parameters will probably not be enforced meaningfully, because that’s h
Read →A French word has lingered in my mind since reading news coverage of France’s decision to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia earlier this week. Encombrant. I noticed it written in large letters on a placard held by an older woman pictured in the press coverage. It means something like ‘cumbersome’; I don’t know her story, […] The post Encombrant: on the removal of unwanted things…and people appeared first on Christian Medical Fellowship .
Read →Screens show the result of a vote on a bill establishing a right to medical aid in dying at the National Assembly in Paris July 15, 2026. The president of the French Bishops’ Conference reacted immediately on July 15, to the decisive vote by French lawmakers in favor of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide. " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.americamagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260716T1201-FRANCE-ASSISTED-DYING-LAW-BILL-APPROVAL-1823511-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1" /> The French bishops called on Catholic health care institutions to refrain “from behavior that is cle
Read →This afternoon, Lauren Edwards MP published her assisted suicide Bill. That is why we need you to email your MP today using our updated Support Not Suicide campaign email tool. The email that your MP receives includes important new information that MPs need to see today. If you would like to read more about what […]
Read →PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Lauren Edwards reintroduces same deeply unsafe assisted suicide Bill retaining dozens of serious flaws identified by Royal Colleges, professional bodies and domestic abuse charities 16 July 2026 – Lauren Edwards has published her assisted suicide Bill in near-identical form to Kim Leadbeater’s deeply flawed and unsafe […]
Read →Editorial note: The terms euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are often used interchangeably and will be in this article. Euthanasia refers to a healthcare worker intentionally and directly administering drugs to kill a patient. Physician-assisted suicide refers to a healthcare worker prescribing drugs for a patient to self-administer to end their own life. In the span […] The post As Euthanasia Expands in the West, Here’s How Christians Can Respond appeared first on Daily Citizen .
Read →Assisted suicide legalization is bad medicine and even worse public policy. It abandons the sick, destroys human equality by creating a killable caste of people, and cheapens the intrinsic dignity of human life. Moreover, the supposed “strict safeguards” are neither strict — for example, relying on doctor self-reporting — nor particularly protective. Besides, as soon as the law goes into place, the safeguards are quickly redefined as “obstacles” to a good death and the process of loosening the law commences. These and other myriad problems have gotten the attention of Senators James Lankford (
Read →The Anglican Church of Canada launched a “liturgy” for clergy to use with those who choose to die by medically-assisted suicide. The rite includes confession and absolution for those intending to take their lives. The church’s General Synod adopted “Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts of Medically-Assisted Dying” in June 2026. The […] The post Anglican Church of Canada Launches ‘Pastoral Liturgy’ for Medically-Assisted Suicide appeared first on Daily Citizen .
Read →The legalization of assisted suicide/euthanasia corrupts medical ethics and not just because killing patients or assisting their suicides is a direct violation of the Hippocratic oath. No: Transforming sick and disabled people into a killable caste also objectifies them as potential natural resources to be mined or harvested. Hastened death and organ-harvesting have already been conjoined in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium. (In the latter two countries, some cases have involved mentally ill patients.) The practice has been supported in prominent medical jour
Read →Date: Thursday 9th July 2026 Release time: Immediate Care Not Killing deeply disappointed as Jersey’s assisted dying law receives Royal Assent despite ECHR breaches Campaign group Care Not Killing has expressed deep disappointment following the decision to grant Royal Assent to Jersey’s Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law 2026, making Jersey the first part of the […] The post Royal Assent for Jersey law despite human rights issues appeared first on Care Not Killing .
Read →From Senator Lankford’s Office: Lankford Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Lawmakers Urging HHS and CMS to Monitor Dangers of Physician-Assisted Suicide WASHINGTON, DC — US Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. urging HHS and the Centers for Medicare & […]
Read →New Zealand’s Registrar of Assisted Dying has just released the fifth annual report on the End of Life Choice Act, and the headline figure is […] The post Latest NZ assisted suicide numbers show growth without scrutiny appeared first on Family First NZ .
Read →In New Zealand, cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide have increased by almost 50% (48.17%) for the year April 2025 to March 2026 compared with the same period in 2022-2023, just three years ago, according to data released by the New Zealand Ministry of Health earlier today. According to ‘Registrar (assisted dying) Annual Report to […]
Read →Americans United for Life (AUL) is pleased to share the latest issue of our Life Litigation Report. The report tracks major bioethics cases in federal and state courts across the country. These cases range from early life issues, such as abortion and in vitro fertilization, to end-of-life questions, such as assisted suicide. The report provides an overview of current litigation trends […] The post AUL’s 2026 Life Litigation Report appeared first on Americans United for Life .
Read →The British Medical Association (BMA) has affirmed that “assisted dying is not a medical treatment”, highlighting many of the issues with legislating in this area that will be of concern for MPs. The BMA, the professional association and trade union representing and negotiating on behalf of all doctors in the UK, agreed at its Annual […]
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