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        <title>Disabled toddler&#039;s euthanasia was &#039;reasonable&#039;, Netherlands claims</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disabled-toddlers-euthanasia-was-reasonable-netherlands-claims/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A two-year-old child with disabilities has been euthanised in the Netherlands, in a case that a committee determined was &#8216;handled well&#8217;.
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        <title>Disability advocates express &#039;overwhelming relief&#039; over assisted suicide defeat</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Those speaking up for people with disabilities have expressed relief that Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill was voted down.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Praise God&#039;: Assisted suicide Bill defeated in House of Commons</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MPs have voted to reject Lauren Edwards&#8217; assisted suicide Bill by 286 votes to 270.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Cancer survivor celebrates wedding after outliving terminal diagnosis by years</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/cancer-survivor-celebrates-wedding-after-outliving-terminal-diagnosis-by-years/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An Australian man with pancreatic cancer, given just a few weeks to live four years ago, is now looking forward to married life with his new wife.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christians unite in prayer ahead of assisted suicide vote</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christians-unite-in-prayer-ahead-of-assisted-suicide-vote/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Christians have come together to pray that MPs will vote down the assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Controversial inventor visits UK to promote DIY ‘suicide collar’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/controversial-inventor-visits-uk-to-promote-diy-suicide-collar/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A neck device that chokes its wearer to death has been promoted at an assisted suicide workshop in London.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Marginal groups more likely to be coerced into assisted suicide</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/marginal-groups-more-likely-to-be-coerced-into-assisted-suicide/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Legalising assisted suicide could lead to a disproportionate number of people with a disability or from an ethnic minority background seeking help to kill themselves, it has been predicted.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Sunderland Uni accused of pressuring academic over assisted suicide comments</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An academic has criticised his university for ordering him to reconsider his public comments against assisted suicide.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disabled campaigners’ plea: ‘Halt push for assisted suicide law’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disabled-campaigners-plea-halt-push-for-assisted-suicide-law/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Parliament has been urged to halt the &#8216;assisted suicide programme&#8217; and prioritise helping disabled people to live instead.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Bioethicist: &#039;Assisted suicide Bill an existential threat to hospice movement&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/bioethicist-assisted-suicide-bill-an-existential-threat-to-hospice-movement/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An absence of the right to &#8220;institutional conscientious objection&#8221; in Lauren Edwards MP&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill could see a &#8220;significant number&#8221; of hospices and care homes close, a bioethicist has warned.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish Govt highlights &#039;challenging issues&#039; with legalising assisted suicide</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/irish-govt-highlights-challenging-issues-with-legalising-assisted-suicide/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has noted that assisted suicide is &#8220;very complex, requiring careful consideration of medical, ethical and cultural issues&#8221;.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Bishop of Rochester speaks out against local MP’s assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Bishop of Rochester has publicly opposed his MP’s decision to bring the assisted suicide Bill back to Parliament.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia &#039;case reports&#039; in Canadian province riddled with errors</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[British Columbia (BC) has documented nearly three thousand errors in the administration of its euthanasia programme in 2024.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>PM: &#039;Assisted suicide should not be debated until palliative care is fixed&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The new Prime Minister says he believes palliative and social care funding should be prioritised over debates on whether to legalise assisted suicide.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Doctors: ‘Assisted suicide is not medical treatment’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The British Medical Association (BMA) has agreed that assisted suicide is not a medical treatment.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Dark day as Jersey assisted suicide law receives Royal Assent</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jersey&#8217;s assisted suicide law has been granted Royal Assent, enabling eligible residents to get help to kill themselves as early as next year.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Dawn French: &#039;I worry that the poor will suffer most under assisted suicide&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actress and author Dawn French has expressed doubts about legalising assisted suicide, after previously calling it a &#8220;no-brainer&#8221;.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Assisted suicide: MPs told to &#039;facilitate care not death&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/assisted-suicide-mps-told-to-facilitate-care-not-death/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Campaigners are urging Parliament to prioritise improving end-of-life care instead of relentlessly pursuing assisted suicide.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Canadian Govt advised to abandon plans to euthanise people with mental illness</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/canadian-govt-advised-to-abandon-plans-to-euthanise-people-with-mental-illness/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[People should not be allowed to ask for help to die on the grounds of mental illness alone, a Canadian parliamentary committee has concluded.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>RC Bishops mark ‘sobering anniversary’ of Canada’s euthanasia regime</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged “renewed concern” for life in defiance of the nation’s decade-long ‘programme of death’.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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