Finger on the Pulse | Series 2, episode 1 - Assisted Dying

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Ben and Sally return to the podcast to discuss the recent Assisted Dying Bill introduced to the House of Commons by Kim Leadbeater MP. What are the main moral arguments at play? And how can we, as Christian healthcare professionals, respond well?
Please note: The second reading of the Leabdeater Bill is 29 November 2024, not 15 November, as said in this podcast.
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Resources:
Public perspectives published by the Complex Life & Death Decisions Group (Oct 2024): https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/assisted-dying-two-thirds-of-public-back-legalisation-within-this-parliament-study-finds
BMA Resources on the Assisted Dying Debate: https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/end-of-life/physician-assisted-dying
Advice from the Chief Medical Officers (Oct 2024): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assisted-dying-bill-debate-advice-to-doctors/assisted-dying-bill-debate-advice-to-doctors-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-and-nhs-england-national-medical-director
Report of the Health and Social Care Committee (Feb 2024): https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6906/assisted-dyingassisted-suicide/
Wes Streeting public statement (Health Secretary): https://news.sky.com/story/amp/wes-streeting-to-vote-against-assisted-dying-over-end-of-life-care-concerns-13239483
Shabana Mahmood public statement (Justice Secretary): https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/23/muslims-bradford-assisted-dying-bill
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury public statement: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9dn42xqg4o
Kim Leadbeater and the slippery slope: https://youtu.be/35lU-SnGTpk?si=khl-i-2W8VdDwbpU
Care Not Killing: https://www.carenotkilling.org.uk
CMF: https://www.cmf.org.uk/dying-with-dignity-the-problems-with-the-latest-move-to-legalise-assisted-suicide/
Ben’s thoughts on Taylor Swift: https://licc.org.uk/resources/the-eras-tour-returns/

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