Cardinal Vincent Nichols has signed a joint letter with the UK’s religious leaders opposing the assisted suicide Bill.
The Archbishop of Westminster and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales put his name to the open letter warning MPs of the dangers of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which will be put to a vote at Second Reading on Friday.
The letter asserts the role of hospital chaplains in caring for sick and dying people before expressing deep concern “about the impact the Bill would have on the most vulnerable, opening up the possibility of life-threating abuse and coercion”.
