An analysis of the report of the Commission on Assisted Dying and of its published evidence. The self-styled Commission on … Read More
Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill.
A revised proposal by Margo MacDonald for the legalisation in Scotland of physician-assisted suicide. In 2010 MSP Margo MacDonald’s “End … Read More
Commission on Assisted Dying: ‘The current legal status of assisted dying is inadequate and incoherent….”
Results of the inquiry led by the Commission on Assisted Dying At the end of 2010 a ‘commission on assisted … Read More
Should we change the law to license assisted dying for the terminally ill?
Professor Raymond Tallis and Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss argue the case for and against. In The Times Raymond Tallis and Baroness Butler-Sloss … Read More
Sick people need help to live, not help to die.
Proposals on assisted dying by Lord Falconer are not supported by the medical profession. On the day that Lord Falconer’s self-styled commission … Read More
This debate needs hard evidence and reasoned analysis, not soundbites and spin.
Today a report by Lord Carlile QC and Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (‘Parliament needs evidence, not soundbites or spin’) addresses a … Read More
Parliament needs evidence, not soundbites or spin.
Claims that legalising ‘assisted dying’ would be safe do not stand up to careful scrutiny. In this critique Professor Baroness … Read More
A Question of Public Safety.
A fundamental reappraisal is needed of the concept of safeguards for ‘assisted dying’. In this paper published today, co-Chairs of … Read More
A sensible decision north of the border.
Margo MacDonald’s “End of Life Assistance” bill has been heavily defeated in the Scottish Parliament Euphemism and verbal evasions and … Read More
End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill.
MSP Margo MacDonald’s 2010 “End of Life Assistance (Scotland)” Bill. We publish here the text of MSP Margo MacDonald’s first … Read More