British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted against the introduction of "assisted dying" (euthanasia), citing safeguarding concerns and the state of palliative care.
British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted against the introduction of “assisted dying” (euthanasia), citing safeguarding concerns and the state of palliative care . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British MPs have voted against a landmark bill that would have introduced so-called “assisted dying,” a woke rebrand of assisted suicide, or euthanasia. DETAIL: On Friday, British MPs voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, with 270 MPs voting for the bill while 286 MPs voted against. The bill would have allowed those aged 18 and older in England and Wales with an estimated six months or less to live to request assistance to end their own lives. Support and opposition cut across conventional party lines, as it was a…Open
The Catholic archbishop of Chicago, two orders of nuns and a rural pharmacist filed a lawsuit against Illinois on Thursday over the state’s End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Carmelite Sisters for the
Medical aid in dying is now legal in New York. A team of clinical professionals decided to create a practice to help their clients die on their own terms.
A group of Catholic nuns and health care ministries scored a temporary court win on Thursday in their challenge against New York’s physician-assisted suicide law. In a four-page filing, the Empire State agreed to a temporary restraining order (TRO) by Biden-appointed Judge Anne Nardacci that momentarily bars government officials from enforcing the contested statute against […]
State agrees to temporary restraining order on law that provides little to no exceptions for religious orders that provide end-of-life care, could threaten their federal funding, after emergency hearing.
A coalition of Catholic religious orders and healthcare providers is suing New York to block an assisted suicide law they say forces nuns to counsel dying patients about ending their lives, and the Department of Justice just signaled it's paying attention. The lawsuit, filed by the religious liberty law firm Becket on behalf of more […] The post Catholic nuns challenge New York's assisted suicide law in federal court, citing religious liberty appeared first on American Almanac .
A coalition of Catholic religious orders and healthcare providers is suing New York to block an assisted suicide law they say forces nuns to counsel dying patients about ending their lives, and the Department of Justice just signaled it's paying attention. The lawsuit, filed by the religious liberty law firm Becket on behalf of more than a dozen Catholic plaintiffs, targets New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act before it takes effect on August 5, 2026. The plaintiffs include four religious orders, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, the Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict, the Little Sisters of the Poor, along with the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Bishop John Barres, and Catholic Health, which…Open
Medical Aid in Dying Act goes even further than assisted suicide regimes on West Coast, Australia and New Zealand, drastically limits exemptions, could require medical professionals to falsify death certificates, nuns tell court.