US criticises MPs for backing 'state-sponsored suicide'

The Trump administration has rebuked British MPs for backing “state-subsidised suicide” by voting in favour of a Bill to allow doctors to help patients to kill themselves.

The US State Department’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour said the vote for the Terminally-Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons last week opened up a new point of departure in the policies of the two countries.

In a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, the Department said: “As the UK Parliament considers support for state-subsidized suicide, euphemistically called a bill for ‘Terminally Ill Adults,’ the United States reaffirms the sanctity of life.