Lord David Frost has warned how legalising assisted suicide could ultimately dismantle the entire “inherited ethical” framework of the UK.
Speaking during the second day of debate in the House of Lords, Lord Frost argued that “the ultimate destination” that the Bill will lead to is a land of “utilitarianism” in which “none of us” would be safe.
“Now what we are proposing to do in this Bill, is to dismantle part of that inherited ethical system by allowing the State to engage in killing innocent people at their request,” Lord Frost said in the House of Lords on 19 September.
“But, my lords, once we’ve dismantled one part of that system because we think we know best, what then is the status of the rest of that moral and ethical system?”
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales returned to the House of Lords on 19 September for its second day of debate.
Proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, the controversial Bill is under consideration by the House of Lords having made it through the initial parliamentary procedures and votes in the House of Commons.
It is unusual for a Bill to have two days, rather than one, at the House of Lords for its Second Reading – that Leadbeater’s Bill has been granted two days reflects the fact that so many peers have requested to speak during the debate on the contentious legislation that many, like Lord Frost, warn could fundamentally change soceity for the worse.
The Catholic Church in England and Wales has continued to warn against the dangers that the proposed Bill poses to the sick and vulnerable.
Church leaders have warned that if the Bill is passed into law it will mark a terrible turning point in British culture, one that undermines the ways that society views and treats life and death.
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Photo: Lord David Frost during the House of Lords debate (image: screenshot from video).
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