promoting care, opposing euthanasia

Welsh Parliament rejects assisted suicide
A motion proposing support for a change in the law at Westminster is voted down 26-19.

Kim Leadbeater to bring new assisted suicide bill
Gordon Macdonald urges MPs to consider new polling, which paints a far more complex picture of public opinion than usually claimed.

CNK responds to "citizens jury" report
"Two thirds of the panel... were... in favour of changing the law... before taking any evidence. So, what could have been a serious contribution to this important debate seemingly fails the impartiality test."

CNK responds to new Falconer Bill
"...a bill that sends a dog whistle message to the terminally ill, vulnerable, elderly and disabled people, that their lives are worth less than others."

European Court: no assisted suicide right
“The Court observed that there were potentially broad social implications and risks of error and abuse involved in the provision of physician-assisted dying.

Euthanasia in Belgium - a son's story
Godelieva De Troyer had been suffering from chronic depression for twenty years when she was euthanised, her family unaware, by the doctor who co-chairs the federal euthanasia regulator and who co-founded an organisation De Troyer had just given money to.

Assisted suicide law 'would make me feel a burden'
Mark Blackwell, living with Parkinson's disease and the after-effects of a severe stroke, explains why he fears legalised assisted suicide

'Nobody said: "Why do you want to die?"'
Disability activist describes 'the thing that solidified for me that we actually can't safely put in place in this country assisted suicide legislation', as Western Australia mulls euthanasia

'So grateful there wasn't a change in the law'
CNK Board member Nola Leach speaks on Radio 4 about her husband's death after three years living with 'brutal' Alzheimer's

Kiwis speak: the threat to us
Watch ordinary New Zealanders explain why a proposed assisted suicide law would pose a direct threat to them and countless people like them