Physician-assisted suicide

The measure, Bill C-218, proposes to amend Canada’s criminal code to permanently prohibit medical assistance in dying, or MAiD, for individuals solely living with a mental illness.

Castillo did not need the Spanish state “to offer her death” but to give back “meaning, help, and the possibility of healing” in her life.

“Their vote serves to protect some of Scotland’s most vulnerable individuals from the risk of being pressured into a premature death.”

Conscience protections for health providers remain a key religious freedom concern, witnesses told the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission.

The state should not compel any organization “to participate in the deliberate ending of life when doing so would violate its ethical or religious principles.”

While the general legislation may not pass in the British Parliament, local measures supporting the bill move on across Great Britain.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington and Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond hail the halt of a bill that would have legalized assisted suicide in Virginia.

A Catholic member of the House of Lords said the “extremely badly drafted” bill has caused “deep concern” among medical experts and disability groups.

“We call on Catholics and all New Yorkers to reject physician-assisted suicide for themselves, their loved ones, and those in their care,” the bishops said.

“Tragically, this new law will seriously undermine all of the anti-suicide and mental health care investments Governor Hochul has made through her tenure,” they said.