A post assisted dying world: Three ways the church can prepare

On Friday, MPs backed the legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales. Although the House of Lords may tweak and amend the legislation, it looks all but certain that assisted dying will become legal in some form in the UK.

Evangelicals have been members of a broad coalition of groups that have spent the last few months tirelessly fighting for this bill to be defeated. And many of us have prayed without ceasing that this day would never come.

However, now that the Third Reading has passed and assisted dying is set to become law, we must now pivot to thinking about how we can live and speak for Jesus in this new era in British society. Countries like Canada and the Netherlands show us that once assisted dying becomes legal, it will not remain in a secluded corner of the health system to be easily ignored.