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The U.K. Catholic Medical Association (CMA) is warning against a bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide, arguing the measure will cause patients to “fear for their safety” in the medical system.
In an April 7 statement, the CMA indicated that it is “committed to upholding the moral teachings of the Catholic Church as applied to the field of health care” and is “therefore fundamentally opposed to the legislation proposed in [member of U.K. Parliament] Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill.”
The group argued that it is “always wrong to make a direct attack on innocent human life.”
Leadbeater is sponsoring the controversial Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their own lives with the help of a doctor. The bill is currently facing a delayin its implementation that could last as long as four years.
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In an April 7 statement, the CMA indicated that it is “committed to upholding the moral teachings of the Catholic Church as applied to the field of health care” and is “therefore fundamentally opposed to the legislation proposed in [member of U.K. Parliament] Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill.”
The group argued that it is “always wrong to make a direct attack on innocent human life.”
Leadbeater is sponsoring the controversial Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their own lives with the help of a doctor. The bill is currently facing a delayin its implementation that could last as long as four years.
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Medical group: ‘Impossible’ to ensure safeguards with UK assisted suicide bill
The bill would “allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided with assistance to end their own life.”