Euthanasia Bill defeated in UK Parliament
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There were 286 votes against The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and only 270 for it.
(LifeSiteNews) — The elderly and infirm of England and Wales have once again been spared the legalization of active euthanasia.
This morning, September 11, MPs at Westminster voted against the recently re-introduced assisted suicide legislation, The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. There were 286 votes against the measure, and only 270 for it.
“This is a huge relief,” said Alithea William of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in an email to their supporters. “Parliament has stepped back from the very brink in rejecting this Bill which would have put vulnerable people at incredible risk.”
SPUC paid tribute to the people who have “worked incredibly hard to prove to Parliamentarians and the public how dangerous this Bill is.” These included people “from a whole range of perspectives—disability, social work, domestic abuse, palliative care and the wider medical profession, and of course, pro-life groups.”
The Bill had been re-introduced by Labour MP Lauren Edward. An earlier version of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, ran out of time in the House of Lords in May of this year. Having been originally introduced by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, it was also known as the “Leadbeater Bill.”
This was its second reading.