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Assistance in suicide, related legislation and objections to such practices.
A senior British archbishop has said that an assisted suicide bill could mean victims of domestic violence are coerced into killing themselves.
Read →New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester June 29, 2026. UK bishops welcomed the new Catholic prime minister’s approach to palliative care as Catholic charities urged him to turn to his faith to support the poor and to take action on the climate crisis. Photo: OSV News/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters. " data-medium-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/24-3-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/24-3-1024x683.jpg" /> With the threat of legal assisted suicide looming l
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Australia's Northern Territory I have sad news. Australia's Northern Territory was the first jurisdiction in the world to legalize assisted suicide between 1996 - 97, and once again has legalized assisted suicide. Joseph Hathaway-Wilson reported for ABC News Australia on August 27 that: The Northern Territory Parliament has passed a bill legalising voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in the NT, with significant restrictions on accessing, and initiating conversations about, the practice. The NT is now both the first and last
Read →Dr. Mark Komrad The following comments were provided by Dr. Mark Komrad, M.D., DFAPA, ACP, Faculty of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, Tulane, and LSU You may have heard that France’s National Assembly overrode their Senate’s objection to a proposed euthanasia law , and legalized it. A review by the French constitutional court has since upheld it, with a some of important clarifications, a couple of which are disturbing: Like Canada and Benelux countries, the law allows both US style assisted suicide (oral prescription) AND euthanasia (IV lethal injection by doctor). [In all
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Philip Nitschke, also known as Dr Death, who invented a suicide pod, stated in an interview, last year, that the suicide pod will be ready for use in Britain if assisted suicide is legalized. Sanchez Manning reported for the Times on June 20, 2025 that: Nitschke, who invented the pod, which uses gas to assist death, said: “As soon as we know that the final legislation is in place we’ll start enthusiastically pursuing the option of using the device in the UK. “We’ll be looking to find UK-registered doctors to assist and of cou
Read →The state agreed to a federal court order amid a suit brought by the Diocese of Springfield and Bishop Thomas Paprocki. The post Court blocks Illinois assisted suicide mandate for religious objectors – for now first appeared on Angelus News .
Read →Esmeralda Sosa of the Los Angeles archdiocesan Office of Life, Justice, and Peace told Crux Now the statistics are more than sobering, and a call to action.
Read →Thank you to everyone who has already emailed their MP using the new version of our tool. If you have not yet done so – please email your MP now. It takes just 30 seconds. The tool sends a new email tailored specifically for your MP, with important information they need to see before 11 […]
Read →Former Labour health minister and NHS transplant surgeon Zubir Ahmed MP has backed the Prime Minister’s stance on the assisted suicide debate, arguing that the “choice between death without adequate care and a death prematurely self-induced is not a real choice”. Writing in The Guardian ahead of Second Reading of Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill […]
Read →“Once medical aid in dying becomes available, the status quo changes,” writes Monika Piotrowska.
Read →California has experienced the highest number of yearly assisted suicides on record, with a total of 1,235 deaths in 2025, a 149.49 percent increase over five years. The post California assisted suicides rise by almost 150 per cent in five years appeared first on The Catholic Thing .
Read →A British bishop has said assisted suicide threatens the lives of the vulnerable, including those with disabilities.
Read →As a doctor, I have spent much of my professional life caring for people at some of the most vulnerable moments they will ever face. I have seen the anxiety that surrounds the prospect of dying, and the desperate wish of patients and families to avoid unnecessary suffering. Naturally, we all want people facing the […]
Read →Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Disability leaders opposing assisted suicide On December 12, 2025 w e reported that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed assisted suicide bill SB 9 into law. The Illinois assisted suicide law is scheduled to go into effect on September 12, 2026. On August 13, 2026 we reported that a group of Illinois physicians, a Catholic bishop and a faith-based nursing home filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Illinois’ assisted suicide law before it goes into effect. On August 24, 2026 Molly Sweeney reported for WCIA news that Illinoi
Read →There are now just over two weeks until MPs vote on the revived assisted suicide Bill. We are getting in touch because there is a new action we need you to take today. We have just launched a new version of our MP email tool which includes important new information that we need your MP […]
Read →Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris said opposition to assisted suicide was one for “fraternity to prevail”, urging Catholics to “continue to pray, hope and act creatively and consistently”. The post Paris archbishop says assisted suicide law is ‘not the end of the fight’ appeared first on The Catholic Thing .
Read →Life insurers must pay out in instances where death has occurred as a result of assisted suicide or euthanasia, according to a carve-out in the new French assisted dying law. This has raised concerns that this will create an “economic incentive” to end your life by assisted dying under the new law. A provision in […]
Read →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 →Darius Sandhu explains why the return of the assisted suicide bill should alarm MPs, peers, and everyone concerned for vulnerable people Just when we thought we had seen the death of the assisted suicide bill, Lauren Edwards, MP for Rochester and Strood, finished second in the private members’ bill ballot and on 17 June, decided ... The post Parliament Act risk looms over assisted suicide bill appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Thank you so much if you have already emailed or posted a letter to your MP asking them to vote no to the revived assisted suicide Bill. Now, with just over three weeks until the Second Reading vote on 11 September, we need you to take an important next step today: request a brief meeting […]
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 →Bishop Thomas Paprocki, along with the Lutheran Care Center and four doctors from Illinois, filed suit on Tuesday, August 11, saying the “End of Life Options Act” will violate their The post Illinois bishop joins suit challenging assisted suicide law appeared first on The Catholic Thing .
Read →Colorado’s latest End-of-Life Options Act 2025 report has been released, showing prescriptions for assisted suicide medicine hit a new high of 580 in 2025. These latest […] The post Assisted-suicide prescriptions continue climbing in Colorado appeared first on Family First NZ .
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 →Four doctors, the Lutheran Care Center and Catholic Bishop Thomas Paprocki sued Illinois on August 11 over its radical new assisted suicide law, asking a federal court to block it from taking effect. The complaint alleges the “End of Life Options” Act (SB 1950), which Governor Jay Robert “JB” Pritzker signed last December, requires medical […] The post Doctors, Nursing Home and Catholic Bishop Sue Illinois Over Euthanasia Law appeared first on Daily Citizen .
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 →We have some very encouraging news in the battle to defeat the assisted suicide Bill – but we need you to take an important new action now to help turn this opportunity into votes in Parliament. Last week, Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered a major setback to the assisted suicide lobby. He said that palliative […]
Read →Date: Friday 7th August 2026 Release time: Immediate New analysis exposes lack of institutional conscience protections in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. It warns the Bill is an “existential threat” to religious and charitable care providers. A major new analysis of conscience protections in assisted dying bill warns that the Terminally […] The post Assisted Dying Bill could force care homes and hospices to participate in assisted suicide or close appeared first on Care Not Killing .
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