Last week the Scottish Parliament reportedly rejected a proposal that would have made Scotland the first country in the U.K. to legalize assisted suicide.
Elected officials first proposed the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in 2024. The measure would have let medical professionals give lethal prescriptions to terminally ill adults who are deemed mentally competent and who have resided in Scotland for at least a year.
In January, the French Senate rejected a similar measure as well.
Despite the “safeguards” euthanasia’s supporters place in these types of laws, experience has shown that assisted suicide doesn’t help people who are sick or dying, and it doesn’t remain limited to a few cases.
Canada is poised to reach it’s 100,000th death through assisted suicide this summer.
Patients in Europe and Canada reportedly have been denied care or actively euthanized as a result of assisted suicide laws.
Recent news articles allege that an elderly woman in Ontario — dubbed “Mrs. B” in official reports — was euthanized against her will after her elderly husband began “experiencing caregiver burnout.” Her husband reportedly requested “an urgent assessment” of his wife’s eligibility for assisted suicide. She was euthanized that evening.
The vast majority of patients approved for assisted suicide never receive psychiatric screenings.
In parts of the U.S. where physician-assisted suicide is legal, insurance companies have refused to pay for patients’ medical care, but have offered to cover assisted suicide drugs.
Stories like these are part of the reason why Family Council has strongly opposed assisted suicide legislation in Arkansas.
Being pro-life means believing innocent human life is sacred from conception until natural death.
Just like abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide violate the sanctity of innocent human life.
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