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        <title>Elderly woman offered death before care in Canada</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An 84-year-old woman was offered euthanasia as a first option in a Canadian A&amp;E.
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        <title>Alberta backtracks on euthanasia expansions</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Canadian politicians have proposed new legislation to reduce access to euthanasia.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Philosopher warns against ‘frightening moral order’ of assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Legalising state-sponsored suicide would be a “monumental mistake”, a prominent philosopher has warned.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia responsible for 4 per cent of Belgium&#039;s deaths in 2025</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Four per cent of deaths in Belgium resulted from euthanasia last year, official statistics show.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Outrage over euthanasia of 25-year-old rape victim in Spain</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Spain’s euthanasia laws have been labelled ‘morally depraved’ after a 25-year-old woman was killed following injuries caused by a failed suicide attempt.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disability group warns assisted suicide laws are unsafe</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disability-group-warns-assisted-suicide-laws-are-unsafe/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A disability organisation has warned European states and EU institutions that assisted suicide legislation is unsafe.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ireland urged not to legislate on assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Assisted suicide laws “put vulnerable people at risk” and should not be countenanced in Ireland, a Senator has warned.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Victory: MSPs reject dangerous assisted suicide Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/victory-msps-reject-dangerous-assisted-suicide-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Parliament has rejected an attempt to legalise assisted suicide for adults deemed to be terminally ill with less than six months to live.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pharmacists and psychiatrists reject assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The professional bodies for psychiatrists and pharmacists in Scotland have separately announced their opposition to Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>MSPs debate hundreds of amendments to dangerous assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Parliament is considering more than 300 amendments to Liam McArthur&#8217;s deeply flawed assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Mum who nearly ended her life after spinal injury speaks against assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A woman who contemplated ending her own life after suffering a spinal injury has urged MSPs to vote against Liam McArthur&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Too great a risk’: Senior MSP changes mind on assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has withdrawn his support for Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia approved for injuries caused by suicide attempt</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A 25-year-old woman in Spain has been approved for euthanasia following injuries caused by a failed suicide attempt.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>From coercion to conscience: Medics warn MSPs of assisted suicide Bill&#039;s risk to the vulnerable</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Almost 200 medics have written to MSPs about “serious risks” in Liam McArthur&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill that need to be addressed.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Church leaders urge MSPs not to &#039;abandon vulnerable to an early death&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Senior church leaders have warned MSPs that legalising assisted suicide in Scotland &#8220;risks normalising the idea that some lives are no longer worth living&#8221;.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Another MSP withdraws support for assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An MSP has announced she has changed her mind on Liam McArthur&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill and plans to vote against it when Holyrood debates the proposals for the final time later this month.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Tragedy in Jersey as politicians pass assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jersey’s politicians have voted through an assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Senedd&#039;s vote on Leadbeater Bill did not approve principle of assisted suicide&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Welsh Senedd has voted in favour of granting legislative consent to the devolved aspects of Westminster&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Faith leaders urge Senedd to reject assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Faith leaders in Wales have signed a joint statement urging MSs to reject assisted suicide.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Assisted suicide: &#039;My spinal stroke opened my eyes to subtle coercion&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A former UK Government Minister has reflected on how suffering a spinal stroke led him to consider the risk of coercion under Liam McArthur MSP&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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