Taking a break from their efforts to suppress free speech and force their citizens to adopt green energy schemes, British members of parliament have voted to legalize medically assisted suicide.
Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted by 330 to 275 to support the bill, after an hours-long debate in the chamber and a years-long campaign by high-profile figures that drew on emotional first-hand testimony.Britain is now set to join a small club of nations to have legalized the process, and one of the largest by population to allow it. The bill must still clear the House of Lords and parliamentary committees, but Friday’s vote marked the most important hurdle.It allows people with a terminal condition and less than six months to live to take a substance to end their lives, as long as they are capable of making the decision themselves. Two doctors, and then a High Court judge, would need to sign off on the choice.
We have been following the consequences of implementing another similar program in Canada. In one case utilizing the Medical Assistance in Suicide (MAID) program, a Calgary judge had issued a ruling clearing the way for a 27-year-old woman to volunteer for life-ending procedures despite her father’s attempts through the courts to prevent that from happening.
In another incident, a Canadian Forces veteran was seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury when he was casually offered, MAID. The situation is so bad that a Canadian socialist magazine railed about the government’s promotion of euthanasia over welfare.
A number of British opponents expressed concerns that they will see the same developments in the new UK program.
Those opposed spoke of the danger that vulnerable, elderly and disabled people could be coerced into opting for assisted dying to save money or relieve the burden on family members. Others called for the improvement of palliative care to ease suffering as an alternative.Danny Kruger, who led the argument against the bill, said he believes Parliament can do “better” for terminally ill people than a “state suicide service” and that the role of legislatures is to offer safeguards for the most vulnerable.”We are the safeguard, this place, this Parliament, you and me,” he said. “We are the people who protect the most vulnerable in society from harm and yet we stand on the brink of abandoning that role.”
All signs point to the British program following in the footsteps of the Canadian one for all the same reasons.
The Brits have been living a progressive nightmare since last July’s election. Now, Members of Parliament (MPs) will debate an online petition calling for a redo of the summer’s general election after it garnered over 2.8 million signatures…on January 6, 2025.
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall, a secondary debating chamber where such petitions are discussed, on 6 January.It has become the third most popular e-petition since 2010, easily surpassing the 100,000 signatures required for a debate to take place.It will not lead to another election – but was used by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to taunt Sir Keir Starmer during Prime Minister’s Questions.Badenoch said it showed “two million people asking him to go” after Labour’s first Budget since 2010, as the pair clashed over the government’s tax rises.
Here’s hoping for better results for the British people in the New Year.
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