Assisted dying proposal defeated in the States

NO FURTHER investigations into how to introduce assisted dying (suicide) will be made at this time, after the States rejected the proposal by a wide margin. Members voted 24-14 against the [...]

Tuesday 15th May – 7pm – Beau Sejour Free entry Canadian director Kevin Dunn will present the 2nd world premiere of his film Fatal Flaws on the subject of assisted dying. This [...]

One of the UK’s leading disability rights campaigners has warned against plans to introduce assisted suicide, or euthanasia on Guernsey. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson said that removing universal [...]

Policy & Resources will not back the assisted dying requete being led by its president and backed by its vice-president. The committee’s remaining three members, Deputies Jane Stephens, [...]

Lord Carlile wrote a letter to the Guernsey Press to challenge Lord Falconer’s opinion that there would be “no difficulties with Privvy Council Approval”        

News release: Leading disability rights campaigner to warn against assisted suicide – 5th May One of the UK’s leading disability rights campaigners will warn against plans to introduce assisted [...]

A meeting is being held on Saturday 5th May at 7.30pm – Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide: A Life & Death Issue. The speakers will be Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson DBE, Member of the House [...]

PARALYMPIC athlete Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has warned that assisted dying legislation could end up with a law on ‘intentional killing with a truly massive catchment area’. The wheelchair [...]

A DOCTOR who has had first-hand experience of caring for a loved one suffering from cancer believes her life would have been very different had she not gone through such a difficult time. Dr [...]

  Letter of response from the Churches’ in Guernsey In the Churches’ letter that was published on Monday we noted that ‘over time’ there was a tendency for safeguards to be eroded. A member [...]