‘May God protect them all’: Bishop says British move to legalise suicide ushers in ‘a devastating law’ for the sick and vulnerable

Following the British Parliament voting in favour of a Bill to legalise assisted suicide, Bishop Patrick McKinney of Nottingham said it would be “a devastating law”, especially for the sick and vulnerable of society.

On 29 November, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was approved by the Parliament by a vote of 330 in favour to 275 against. Although Prime Minister Keir Starmer has supported legalising assisted suicide, he offered members of parliament a “free vote” on the issue, and members of all the major parties were split on the issue.