Harold Shipman would have loved this assisted dying Bill

With the Lords set to debate Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, Simon Caldwell lays out the historic shift it would cause — turning British doctors into lawful killers and opening the door to abuses already seen in Canada.

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When doctors enjoy killing their patients, and are legally permitted or even encouraged by the state to do so, is any person safe?

It is a fair question to ask. Firstly, because the Second Reading in the House of Lords of Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will take place on September 12. If the Lords fail to defeat the Bill, for the first time in British history doctors may kill patients with impunity. It is also an important issue in the international context of the expansion of ‘assisted dying’ (a euphemism for assisted suicide or euthanasia), especially in Canada where a change in the law there in 2016 has today created a breed of doctors who not only enjoy killing but openly boast about it.

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