More Opposition To The Falconer Commission Report

Here’s another opposition take on the Falconer Commission, whose report was released today.

Right to Life: 'Falconer Report must be rejected'

Right to Life, the pro-life pressure group, has rejected the conclusions of the inquiry by the Commission on Assisted Dying.

The group says it is confident that Parliament will also reject the report, which calls for the legalisation of assisted suicide for terminally-ill patients, in view of "the continuous and unanswerable criticism surrounding the blatant and outrageous bias in favour of a change in the law among the membership of the commission and that it was funded by individuals and groups campaigning for such a change in the law." more

More Significant Opposition To The Falconer Commission's Report

More serious push back to the just-released Falconer Commission report.

British Pro-Life Group Condemns Report on Assisted Suicide

A British pro-life group is condemning report by Lord Falconer’s self-styled commission on assisted suicide. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) says the report, “funded by pro-death activists and due to be published in full tomorrow, amounts to a renewed attack on the legal status of disabled and elderly people.” more

Push Back To Falconer Commission Recommendations Begins

The push back against the UK’s Falconer Commission has begun in earnest.

Anti-euthanasia groups condemn Falconer Report

Anti-euthanasia groups have robustly rejected the calls for the legalisation of assisted suicide by the Commission on Assisted Dying that was chaired by Lord Falconer. In a 400-page report published today the commission, which has been severely criticised for its pro-assisted-dying bias by the British Medical Association among other respected medical, disability and religious groups and organisations, is asserting that the law should be changed to permit assisted suicide for patients who are terminally ill and have under a year to live.

The Falconer Report recommends that such patients should be allowed to request a lethal dose of drugs from their doctor which they would take themselves. ALERT, the anti-euthanasia group, Not Dead Yet UK, and Care Not Killing alliance strongly oppose the recommendations. more