By Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill reached Committee...
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Lord Falconer’s “Assisted Dying Bill” draws opposition across the political spectrum
By Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Lord Falconer’s ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ seeks to legalise...
Lord Falconer Assisted Dying Bill: where we are now
Editor’s note. This Q & A was posted on the site of “Care Not Killing,UK.” Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill received its second reading on July 18. Here's what you need to know as we look forward. What led to the debate? Lord Falconer's Bill,...
Euthanasia Lobby assembles tiny group of doctors to create false impression of medical support for assisted suicide bill
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Archbishop...
“Reshaping the moral landscape is no alternative to cherishing life and the living”
By Dave Andrusko In anticipation of July 18, NRL News Today wrote at great length about Lord Falconer’s “assisted dying bill.” Last Friday the bill had its first debate in the House of Lords. We will be writing more about the specifics of the debate later....
Falconer bill is a recipe for the abuse of elderly and disabled people, says Care Not Killing
Editor’s note. This appeared at pjsaunders.blogspot.com. Debate on the bill begins today. On the eve of the House of Lords’ debate on Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill, Care Not Killing, an alliance of 40 organizations, has called on peers to reject the...
Faith leaders unite against Assisted Dying Bill
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. The Archbishop of Canterbury has added his signature...
Why Lord Carey is so desperately wrong about legalising assisted suicide
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Lord Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, has...
Guardian health editor jumps onto suicide promotion bandwagon
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. The Guardian has run the story of a man with motor neurone...
Pro-euthanasia activists gear up for fresh assault on Parliament
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. The next six weeks are shaping up to be very busy on the...