Legalising assisted dying would send the message that 'some people are not worth protecting'
Changing the law to allow assisted dying runs the risk of making terminally ill and disabled people believe that their lives are worth less than others.
Current page: uk
More stories in uk
-
Happy #DarwinDay: How to read the Bible and not worry about evolution
I suspect that Christians cling to creationism despite the evidence because they believe rejecting it means rejecting the Bible.
-
Charity Commission launches inquiry into Birmingham archdiocese over safeguarding failings
Details emerged at the hearings in November of how senior figures in the archdiocese failed to handle reports of abuse adequately.
-
Christians and the pursuit of perfection: How can we talk about real things better in church?
How do people in seemingly perfect churches admit that their lives are messy and difficult and very imperfect?
-
God bless Alpha – but church is not just for beautiful people
The point is that church is actually a pretty jumbled-up mix of people and that's the beauty of it.
-
A special place in hell….and the road to heaven
Hell is not, as far as I would see it, other people. Hell is the absence of others, the absence of friends and companions, and of God.
-
Mexican Church suspended 152 priests over nine years for alleged abuse – bishop
'Some delinquent priests are in prison, others have been suspended from their ministries. In the last nine years, 152 priests have retired.'
-
British mother-of-two was arrested and detained after referring to transgender woman as a man
A 38-year-old British mother of two was arrested and detained for several hours after calling a transgender woman a man on social media. She remains under investigation.
-
MPs to debate right of parents to withdraw children from sex education lessons
Parliament is to debate the right of parents to opt their children out of sex-education lessons after a petition surpassed 100,000 signatures.
-
London council votes in favour of buffer zone around abortion clinic
The Public Spaces Protection Order criminalises offers of prayer or counselling to women outside the abortion clinic in Twickenham
-
Over 1,000 doctors voice concern over assisted dying poll
Over 1,000 doctors have come out in opposition to a planned poll by the Royal College of Physicians that may lead to the organisation adopting a position of neutrality on assisted dying.
-
40 years on, how is Iran celebrating its Islamic Revolution?
Forty years ago today, the previously exiled Ayatollah made a victorious return to Iran, capturing the city of Tehran from prime minister Shapour Bakhtiar.
-
Girls' Brigade signs up for Big Pancake Party to fight UK poverty
Girls' Brigade groups throughout England and Wales are running Big Pancake Parties to in connection with Church Urban Fund (CUF) to help fight food poverty.
Most Read
-
The little known story of England's first evangelical Queen
-
Why the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury may prove challenging
-
In these dire times for the Church, Paul's attitude and example in 2 Timothy are inspirational
-
Extraordinary events save a priest's life after random stabbing
-
Persecuted Christian children remembered on Red Wednesday
-
Calls for Archbishop of York's resignation over CofE safeguarding failures
More News
-
What is truth?
-
How the Bible unravels one of the strongest arguments for abortion
-
Police action should be considered over CofE child abuse failings, says reviewer
-
Called beyond qualification: how God's strength shines through human weakness
-
Royal Mail's 2024 Christmas stamps capture snowy splendour of iconic UK cathedrals
-
Why are we so far away from what we read about in Acts?
