Assisted suicide bid ‘irresponsible’

Attempts to revive the assisted dying bill are “dismal”, “irresponsible” and “beggar belief”, leading evangelical figures say.

The draft legislation is returning to the House of Commons because an MP, Lauren Edwards, who came second in the ballot for Private Members’ Motions, wants to bring it back. She blames a minority in the House of Lords for talking the Bill out and preventing it from coming to a vote in the last parliamentary session.

While there was around 75% public support for the Bill at first, there was a decline in support by the time the Bill failed in the Spring. Recent polling (from Whitestone Insight) has revealed a very low appetite for bringing the Bill back.