Just moments ago, MPs voted 314 to 291 in favour of the assisted suicide bill. Lives will be needlessly lost as a result.
Despite the many flaws with the legislation, intense criticism of the process and the fervent prayers of God’s people, state-sanctioned suicide will become a reality from 2029 onwards.
It is a desperately dark outcome. Around the world in countries where assisted suicide has already been legalised, you see the same two, twisted trends develop: the numbers of those choosing an assisted suicide increase year on year as the practice becomes normalised, and the criteria for eligibility is always extended. As a result of the vote today, and provided the House of Lords does not block it, England and Wales are about to experience a deadly, social experiment.
Palliative care is the way forward, not assisted suicide
The assisted suicide bill at Westminster is now highly likely to fall after the government refused to give it any …