British MPs yesterday rejected the resurrected assisted suicide bill, voting to stop the bill from passing through Parliament by 286 votes to 270.
The vote effectively means that the parliamentary push for assisted suicide is over for this Parliament, as it is unlikely that MPs will give any further time to debate the contentious topic.
Christian Concern, along with many other Christian groups, disability groups and medical groups, worked tirelessly to oppose these attempts to introduce assisted suicide.
Communications Manager Paul Huxley, whose wife Adele is tube-fed and suffers with chronic pain, said:
“We give God great thanks for showing mercy to Britain today.
“One person’s ‘choice’ to die means coercion and pressure for many thousands more. Putting the option of assisted suicide inevitably pushes disabled and vulnerable people towards taking it. Imagine the effect of that not just now but potentially over the course of decades. Assisted suicide is never compassionate.
“Today, thousands of lives have been saved and countless more vulnerable people will be able to live their lives without being made to feel like a burden.
“We are deeply grateful to everyone who stood with us for life over the last two years. But this vote should never have even been close. Now begins the even bigger work of showing the nation that life is precious and that suicide is never compassionate.”
