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California has experienced the highest number of yearly assisted suicides on record, with a total of 1,235 deaths in 2025, a 149.49% increase over five years. Released this week, the California End of Life Option Act 2025 Data Report shows a 10.96% increase in total deaths from assisted suicide compared with the previous year, when […]
Read →A Labour Party MP has argued that end-of-life care must be fixed ahead of any debate about the legalisation of assisted suicide, echoing comments made by the Prime Minister last month. Just weeks before Second Reading of the new assisted suicide Bill on 11 September, Adam Jogee, the Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, has argued that […]
Read →Many prominent people with disabilities in the arts, media, journalism, academia, and the charity sector have called on the Prime Minister to stop the assisted suicide Bill progressing and instead fix palliative and end-of-life care. Those people joining the call include the actors Liz Carr and Ruth Madeley; the comedian Rosie Jones; the television presenter […]
Read →Are women fully culpable moral agents in their abortion decisions, or are they “second victims” of abortion due to decades of cultural messaging that has fundamentally changed how they perceive pregnancy and abortion? In the post-Dobbs era, how we ultimately answer this question will have a major impact on our approach to public policy. The post Are Women Who Choose Abortion Victims or Perpetrators? appeared first on Vitae Foundation .
Read →Hospices in England have made significant cuts to services after ending the last financial year with a deficit of over £70 million, as the Prime Minister says the care sector’s funding issues must be fixed before assisted suicide is debated. According to Hospice UK, hospices in England ended the last financial year with a collective […]
Read →A pregnant teenager has been murdered in America for not having an abortion, according to the victim’s family. Rylee Montgomery, a 16-year-old from Arizona, was less than 14 weeks pregnant when she was shot to death in May this year. The alleged perpetrator of the crime was Rylee’s boyfriend, 18-year-old Michael Isiah Sanchez, who was […]
Read →A man has had his life ended by euthanasia after being turned down for hospice care because his disease was twice deemed not serious enough for hospice care, according to his daughter. Colleen De Vos, from Canada, revealed how her father, who had been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), had his life ended […]
Read →A Labour Party MP has said that Andy Burnham is right that the care sector needs to be fixed before any debate around legalising assisted suicide should take place. Just weeks before Second Reading of the new assisted suicide Bill on 11 September, Douglas McAllister, the Member of Parliament for West Dunbartonshire, has argued in […]
Read →An 83-year-old grandmother allegedly had her life ended against her will in a Canadian nursing home, contrary to her wishes and her religious beliefs, her family has claimed. Brigitte Stegemann, known to her family as “GG”, had her life ended by euthanasia on 10 July under Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme. According to […]
Read →More than 140 doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers in Yorkshire have called on MPs to reject the new assisted suicide Bill at its Second Reading on 11 September, calling it “unsafe”. The healthcare professionals, including GPs and consultants, have signed a letter urging MPs and the Government to reject the legislation. In the letter, […]
Read →A popular YouTuber who was considering ending his life by assisted suicide after experiencing chronic health issues has said he “will reassess” following a huge outcry from his fans. YouTuber Max Gilardi, who has over 2 million subscribers and is known online as hotdiggedydemon, revealed in a livestream that he was considering ending his life […]
Read →In a major setback for the assisted suicide lobby ahead of the 11 September vote on the revived assisted suicide Bill, the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has said that the debate around introducing assisted suicide should not take place in a context where palliative and social care remains poorly funded, confirming “that’s the position I […]
Read →Extremely rare premature identical quadruplets are doing “extremely well” after being born at just 28 weeks gestation. Babies Emily, Harriet, Alexa and Catherine were delivered earlier this month by caesarean section. The four sisters are monozygotic quadruplets, meaning they are identical and developed after a single zygote divided into four embryos. They also shared the […]
Read →Rhoda Grant, a former Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), has called for Labour Party MPs to unite in voting down Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill, rather than reopen and deepen yet more divisions under the new Prime Minister. Writing in The Times newspaper, Scotland edition, Grant said that the issue of assisted suicide […]
Read →Over 350 reporting errors and “compliance concerns” for euthanasia and assisted suicide in British Columbia in 2024 required practitioners to receive “education” on the criminal law and professional standards regarding the administration of death, raising serious safety concerns. The data, contained within a confidential annual report prepared by the official MAID [Medical Assistance in Dying] […]
Read →A premature baby who was born without a heartbeat has survived after doctors spent around an hour attempting to revive him. Baby Luca was delivered by emergency Caesarean section seven weeks before his due date, weighing just 3lb 5oz, after they found that his heart had stopped beating. Medical staff continued working to resuscitate him […]
Read →The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, who has long been a supporter of assisted suicide, has announced his intention to resign as Prime Minister, following Andy Burnham’s by-election victory on Friday 19 June. But what does his resignation mean for the pro-life movement? Unsuccessful attempt to make assisted suicide legal under Keir Starmer Starmer has […]
Read →Rhoda Grant, a former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Labour Party, has called for Labour Party MPs to follow the lead of their Scottish colleagues and reject the reintroduced assisted suicide Bill. The Scottish Bill was defeated in March 2026 by 69 votes to 57, with the Deputy Political Editor of The […]
Read →Residents of Rochester and Strood have delivered a petition, signed by over 550 constituents, to the constituency office of Lauren Edwards MP, who has stated that she intends to bring back the assisted suicide Bill, urging her not to do so. These constituents, along with representatives from disability groups, women’s interest groups, and eating disorder […]
Read →MPs participated in a Westminster Hall debate on Monday, 8 June, in which it was made clear that the failure of the assisted suicide Bill to become law during the last parliamentary session was constitutionally proper. The debate arose as a result of an e-petition created by pro-assisted suicide campaigner Sophie Blake. The objective of […]
Read →Baroness O’Loan’s Infant (Born Alive) Protection Bill received its First Reading this morning after being drawn at number seventeen in the House of Lords Private Members’ Bill ballot. The Bill’s long title is “A Bill to require that an infant born alive after an attempted termination of pregnancy receives appropriate medical treatment and care; to […]
Read →PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Bill to protect babies born alive after an attempted abortion receives First Reading in the House of Lords 11 June 2026 – Baroness O’Loan’s Infant (Born Alive) Protection Bill received its First Reading this morning after being drawn at number seventeen in the House of Lords […]
Read →Fewer than one in ten voters consider assisted suicide a priority for their local MP, a new mega-poll has revealed. The mega-poll of over 10,000 people, reported in the Daily Mail, revealed that, in every single constituency in Great Britain, a majority of voters do not want their MP to support a law pushed through […]
Read →An 87-year-old Canadian man was not properly sedated before his life was ended by euthanasia, as he repeatedly cried out “help me” while dying. The man from Ontario, known only as Mr D, had congestive heart failure and met the eligibility criteria to end his life under Canada’s assisted suicide and euthanasia regime, known as […]
Read →For decades, the Pro-Life Movement has worked tirelessly to respond to women facing unexpected pregnancies and defend legal protections for the preborn, but new research suggests that the prevalence of abortion reflects a deeper cultural crisis related to relational trust and commitment in modern relationships. The post Men, Commitment, and Abortion: The Missing Half of the Conversation appeared first on Vitae Foundation .
Read →After having been pronounced dead, a patient woke up after a botched euthanasia attempt, leading to his doctor being placed under supervision by the province’s physicians’ regulator due to repeated failures to adhere to protocols and procedures. Dr James MacLean was the subject of two complaints relating to two cases involving Canada’s euthanasia and assisted […]
Read →COMMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press comment – Case of drug seller aiding suicides shows assisted suicide Bill must not be brought back Right To Life UK responds to Canadian ‘poison seller’, Kenneth Law, pleading guilty to aiding suicides by selling toxic chemical online. Catherine Robinson, spokesperson for Right To Life UK, a charity that […]
Read →The former Attorney General for England and Wales, Victoria Prentis, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, has said that her first-hand experience of radiotherapy has strengthened her views against assisted suicide. Baroness Prentis, who was also previously a Member of Parliament with tenures as Minister of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food, and Minister […]
Read →After one of his patients had his euthanasia assessment conducted outside a doughnut shop, an Ontario doctor has been placed under supervision by the province’s physicians’ regulator due to repeated failures to adhere to protocols and procedures. Dr James MacLean was the subject of two complaints relating to two cases involving Canada’s euthanasia and assisted […]
Read →There were 18,783 abortions in Scotland in 2025, the highest on record, according to statistics released earlier today. Released earlier today by Public Health Scotland, the figures reveal a stark increase in the number of abortions over the last ten years. 2025 saw an increase in the total number of abortions of 6,648 or 54.78% […]
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