End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill

The End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill was published in January 2012, sponsored by Margo MacDonald MSP. The Bill purports to allow assisted suicide (where a patient is provided with lethal drugs by a physician for self-administration). In fact it goes much further. It would also legalise euthanasia (where a physician administers lethal drugs to a patient directly). CARE for Scotland wants to encourage opposition to the Bill as we believe it will have a significant detrimental effect on attitudes and practices within Scottish society.

       

	Members of Care Not Killing’s Scottish Committee present MSPs with campaigning postcards from their constituents. Read more…
	What’s in the ELA Bill? Click here to read the whole Bill and its accompanying notes. Click here for a helpful summary of the Bill from the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. Click here to read a 2-page briefing on the ELA Bill CARE for Scotland’s latest newsletter contains a helpful article on the Bill.
	Care Not Killing is a UK-based alliance spearheading the campaign to ensure that the existing laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide are not weakened. CNK is an alliance of human rights organizations, healthcare and palliative care groups and faith-based organizations. Click here to go to the CNK website to find out more about the whole issue of assisted suicide.
	The Scottish Parliament has established a special committee to examine the End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill.  Click here to find out more about the membership of the committee, its timetable, and how it will examine the Bill.
	Evidence to the ELA Bill Committee from Care Not Killing and from CARE for Scotland Click here to read the submission from Care Not Killing Scotland Click here to read the submission from Care for Scotland
	What else can I do? Care Not Killing has produced a helpful campaigning postcard to enable anyone to record with their MSPs their concern over the ELA Bill. Please request a quantity of postcards from the CARE for Scotland office (0141 332 7212 / cfs@care.org.uk) to distribute among friends and colleagues.

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