Guernsey rejects assisted suicide

Guernsey’s government rejects proposals to allow assisted dying, after objections from religious leaders, doctors and disability groups. Opposing views expressed before Guernsey parliament’s debate on May 16th, included: The Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth, Bishop Philip Egan: “…the current proposal in Guernsey to legalise assisted suicide, so-called ‘mercy killing,’ is fundamentally subversive, horrific and dangerous, […]