Tag: Euthanasia

MPs have voted in favour of legalising assisted suicide as Labour's massive majority allowed the legislation to clear its first hurdle in the House of Commons by 330 votes to 275.

Is there a right to die? As the Assisted Dying Bill vote looms, Prof James Alexander ponders the issues, asking if the whole debate would change if we think of it in terms of duties instead of rights.

Assisted suicide would be a disaster for Britain, says Dr Elizabeth Evans. In Canada, which has led the way, thousands of vulnerable people are pressured every year to consider death as the eligibility criteria ever widen.

What next after trans? As polite society turns on gender mania, Mary Gilleece predicts the rise of social contagions even more terrifying.

If you thought assisted suicide would guarantee a quick, painless death, data from Oregon will make you think again, says Nick Rendell. One person took almost six days to die.

We've gone from pulling out all the stops during Covid to try to save the frail to contemplating euthanasia, where we'll bump them off. Shouldn't we at least have a vote on it, asks Nick Rendell.

Assisted dying, especially for those in physical pain, should be legal, argues Lionel Shriver in UnHerd. But Canada's liberal approach has gone too far.

It's hard to make sense of a policy that spends billions on lockdowns to 'save lives' while also assisting many of the same people to commit suicide.