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Assisted suicide debate revived
January 27th, 2012 | 
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Church condemns Margo MacDonald MSP’s latest attempt to bring issue before Scottish Parliament
The Catholic Church in Scotland has condemned Margo MacDonald’s latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide, just a year after her last effort was roundly defeated in the Scottish Parliament. The Independent Lothians MSP unveiled a new consultation on the issue—which pushes for ‘a friend at the end’—at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday despite the failure of her first bid to make it legal for the ill and the dying to seek help to kill themselves. Prior to the defeat of Ms MacDonald’s last bill Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Catholic clergyman, warned that it would inevitably lead to repeated attempts to change the law. Democratic process Ms MacDonald’s new proposals come in spite of the comprehensive defeat of the previous End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill in a free vote at Holyrood just over a year ago. The Catholic Church was instrumental in the successful campaign against her legislation. A spokesman for the Catholic... continue reading.
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