Dark day as MPs vote in favour of assisted suicide Bill

Posted on November 30, 2024 
Filed under Culture wars

“MPs have voted in support of the principle of Kim Leadbeater MP’s assisted suicide Bill.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill intends to allow those in England and Wales deemed to be terminally ill and with less than six months to live to receive help to kill themselves. MPs have now voted by 330 to 275 in favour of legalisation.

The backbench MP’s Private Member’s Bill will now proceed to Committee Stage, where it will be considered further. …”

– Reaction from The Christian Institute to the vote in Westminster this morning Australian time.