Response of the Health Committee to Petition 2014/18 of Hon. Maryan Street and Others. On 2 August 2017 the Health … Read More
Appeal Against Assisted Suicide Law Rejected
After Parliament’s rejection of legalisation, it would be ‘institutionally inappropriate’ for the courts to re-open the matter The decision of … Read More
Court rejects challenge to legal prohibition of assisted suicide.
The High Court has rejected an appeal for legalisation of assisted suicide The High Court has rejected an appeal against … Read More
Assisting suicide is not a role for doctors.
On 21 June the British Medical Association, at its Annual Representative Meeting, rejected a Motion that its policy of opposition … Read More
First, do no harm.
Doctors should stand up the the assisted suicide lobby, says The Daily Telegraph. In an editorial The Daily Telegraph has commented on … Read More
A better deal for the terminally ill.
Private Member’s Bill seeks to ensure equal access to palliative care for all who need it Baroness Finlay’s Access to Palliative … Read More
A decisive rejection.
The House of Commons has rejected Rob Marris’s Assisted Dying Bill by a substantial majority Today the House of Commons … Read More
Assisted Dying No.2 Bill – Hansard Record.
House of Commons Rejects Rob Marris MP’s Assisted Dying No.2 Bill On 11 September the House of Commons debated and … Read More
No legal basis for normalising suicide.
Laws are more than just regulatory instruments: they send social messages In an article in The Daily Telegraph on the day Parliament … Read More
The Assisted Dying No. 2 Bill
It is neither right nor safe to change the law on assisting suicide Rob Marris’s Private Member’s Bill would license … Read More