Legalising ‘Assisted Dying’ in Australia failed to prevent “One Suicide a Week”

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Legalising ‘Assisted Dying’ in Australia failed to prevent “One Suicide a Week”

January 10th, 2024  |  Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues

By the Anscombe Bioethics Centre New research published in the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health has found that the introduction of euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) has failed to reduce the rate of ‘unassisted’ suicide in the State of Victoria. In fact, since the law came into force, suicide among older people in Victoria […]


Bishop Egan asks Jersey’s Catholics to oppose plans to legalise Assisted Dying

May 22nd, 2022  |  End of Life, Life Issues

Bishop Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth, has written to the clergy and parishioners of Jersey to “mobilise” and “speak out” against proposals to legalise assisted dying on the biggest of the Channel Islands. In November 2021, Jersey’s government became the first in the UK to approve the principle of legalising assisted dying. In a pastoral […]


Bishop: We will continue to scrutinise and challenge the Assisted Dying Bill

October 23rd, 2021  |  Assisted Suicide, Life Issues

Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Bishops’ Conference, has thanked Catholics for writing to peers and praying that Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill might be defeated. In a brief statement issued after the Second Reading in the House of Lords on 22 October 2021, Bishop Sherrington said: “The debate about Baroness […]


Is there a right to die? Assisted suicide, assisted dying and changing the law

October 21st, 2021  |  Assisted Suicide, Life Issues

By Pia Matthews To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. G.K. Chesterton These words from G.K. Chesterton’s A Short History of England are a salutary reminder to those who claim certain rights. And now, not for the first time, a new […]


Faith leaders warn of risk to vulnerable posed by Assisted Dying Bill

October 19th, 2021  |  Assisted Suicide

The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbi warn of the risk to vulnerable people should Parliament back a new attempt to change the law on assisted suicide. In a joint letter to peers, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Archbishop Justin Welby, […]


Bishop for Life Issues asks Catholics to take action to oppose the Assisted Dying Bill

September 8th, 2021  |  Assisted Suicide, Life Issues

Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has written an open letter inviting Catholics to pray for the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill to be debated in the House of Lords in October. It encourages them to write to peers at the House of […]


Bishop’s Open Letter on Assisted Dying Bill

September 8th, 2021  |  Assisted Suicide, Life Issues

Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has written an open letter inviting Catholics to pray for the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill to be debated in the House of Lords in October. It encourages them to write to peers at the House of Lords stating […]


Opposing the Assisted Dying Bill 2021

August 24th, 2021  |  End of Life, Life Issues

The bill passed to Committee Stage but ran out of time and was unable to pass all the necessary stages before the parliamentary session ended. The bill officially fell when the new session began, marked by the Queen’s Speech in May 2022. It was almost identical in form to the ‘Marris Bill’, which was overwhelmingly […]


Bishop Sherrington issues statement opposing Assisted Dying Bill

May 25th, 2021  |  Day For Life, End of Life, Life Issues

Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, has issued a statement outlining the Catholic Church’s opposition to a Bill that could make assisted dying legal in England and Wales. The Assisted Dying Bill, a Private Member’s Bill introduced by Baroness Meacher, is due to be debated in the House of Lords on Wednesday 26 […]


Archbishops comment on the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill (No2) at Second Reading

September 11th, 2015  |  Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues

Assisted Dying


Statement by Cardinal Vincent Nichols on the publication of the “Assisted Dying Bill” by Rob Marris MP

September 1st, 2015  |  Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues

Assisted Dying Bill


Assisted Dying Bill: Faith Leaders’ Statement

July 16th, 2014  |  Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues

Faith Leaders’ Statement


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