Health minister Stephen Kinnock says he will back assisted dying bill | Assisted dying
Health Secretary Stephen Kinnock said he plans to vote in favor of assisted dying legislation next week, calling it a “compassionate” act that would automatically put extreme pressure on NHS palliative care services. argued that it was not. Mr Kinnock, the palliative care minister, said he did not see a conflict between supporting the legislation […]
Disability rights campaigners urge MPs and peers to back assisted dying bill | Assisted dying
A group of disability rights campaigners and academics has urged MPs and MPs to support legalizing assisted dying, saying everyone deserves the chance to have a good death. The group, led by Tom Shakespeare, author, broadcaster and professor of disability studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, called on MPs to “stand […]
Legalising assisted dying a ‘slippery slope’, says archbishop of Canterbury | Assisted dying
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that legalizing assisted dying is dangerous and risks turning the right to die into an obligation. His intervention came before a private member's bill aimed at providing options at the end of life was formally introduced in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Justin Welby speaking on BBC Newsnight […]
UK man who helped wife go to Swiss clinic to end her life can inherit estate | Assisted dying
A man who helped his terminally ill wife travel to Switzerland to take her own life is entitled to inherit part of her estate, a judge has ruled. Philip Morris, 76, left his wife Myra Morris, then 73, at the Pegasos clinic in Liestal, Switzerland, in December 2023, after she self-administered a fatal dose of […]
UK Push Towards Government-Sanctioned Assisted Dying Moves Ahead
Bills to give terminally ill patients in England and Wales the option to end their lives will be introduced in Westminster this month, following progress on assisted dying legislation in Parliament on Thursday. After MPs rejected a bill on euthanasia by 330 votes to 118 in 2015, left-wing Labor MP Kim Leadbeater introduced the bill, […]
Terminally ill Missouri woman, 79, taking trip to Switzerland for assisted suicide
A terminally ill Missouri woman is planning to travel to Switzerland to attempt physician-assisted suicide while she is still physically able to travel. Gail Hendricks, a 79-year-old mother of two from Cape Girardeau, was diagnosed with lupus and interstitial lung disease four years ago and says her lung capacity continues to deteriorate. “I've lived a […]
Missouri mom Gayle Hendrix, 79, to head to Europe for assisted suicide
A terminally ill Missouri mother is heading to Switzerland to end her life before her illness makes travel impossible. Gail Hendricks, a 79-year-old mother of two from Cape Girardeau, has been battling terrible complications from lupus and interstitial lung disease for the past four years. Friends say it doesn't seem like she's near the end, […]
Ex-doctor pleads guilty to helping woman’s assisted suicide at NY motel
An 85-year-old retired doctor from Arizona pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter for helping a woman commit suicide in an upstate New York motel room. Stephen Miller is the victim of a 59-year-old woman (identified The New York Times Doreen Brodhead, whose real name was Jonathan Brodhead, was found dead by housekeeping staff at the Super […]
Scottish Bishops Blast Move to Legalize Assisted Suicide
The Scottish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has slammed proposals to legalise assisted suicide in the country, arguing the bill promotes a “false understanding of compassion”. Mercy, properly understood, “does not consist in causing death, but in embracing the sick, supporting them in their difficulties, offering them affection and care, and providing the means to alleviate their […]
UK has once-in-a-generation chance to allow assisted dying, says Labour peer | Assisted dying
Labour Lords, who advocated for legal change, said Parliament faced a once-in-a-generation opportunity to give terminally ill people the choice whether to end their own lives. Charlie Falconer, a former Lord Chancellor who introduced the Bill in the House of Lords last month, said he had received assurances from Downing Street that the Bill would […]