Assisted Suicide
The Reality of Assisted Dying: Understanding the Issues
At the end of this month, there will be a vote on Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would legalise human euthanasia in the UK. Whilst many people may be inclined to support the bill out of compassion for those suffering, most remain unaware of the hidden implications which would follow from this change in law.
Please find below a talk by Professor Julian Hughes who has helped us to understand this complex issue, from both a Catholic and a medical perspective.
Act Now! Contact your MP
The charity Right to Life UK has a simple online mechanism to do this. It takes little more than a few minutes to input your postcode, make sure the suggested text suits your viewpoint and submit your message to ask your MP to stop assisted suicide being rushed into law.
Click here to contact your MP via the Right to Life UK website.
On Sunday at all of our Masses, a letter from Cardinal Vincent Nichols will be read and pre-prepared postcards to send to MPs will be distributed to everyone. Please complete your details, affix a stamp and post. If this is difficult for you for whatever reason but you would like to send a card, please sign and add your details whilst at church and we will send for you.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Westminster, has issued a pastoral letter on assisted suicide. The Cardinal offers three key points for Catholics to be aware of, and calls on the faithful to be fully engaged in the debate and to write to their MP to oppose assisted suicide being rushed into law.