The effort to force state-sanctioned murder into UK law is facing serious resistance in the House of Lords. An unprecedented number of changes for a Private Member’s Bill have been tabled by Peers seeking to amend Kim Leadbeater’s seriously flawed assisted suicide Bill.

Supporters of the Bill criticised the interventions as a delaying tactic. Its critics, however, insist the amendments are necessary given the unworkability of the Bill and that the Bill has not undergone “due diligence and proper pre-legislative scrutiny”. Only four days have currently been scheduled for the Committee of the Whole House to consider the more than 950 amendments put forward so far. On the first day, just seven were debated.

Over the last few weeks, a special Select Committee heard evidence from experts about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. During the hearings, key witnesses exposed gaps, flaws and weaknesses in the backbench MP’s plans. There are usually no votes in the House of Lords at Committee Stage.

Peers including Labour’s Lord Rook criticised the Bill for inadequate processes to measure capacity, with Lord Shinkwin echoing the concerns. He urged his colleagues to heed warnings from the Royal College of Psychiatrists about its doubts over using the Mental Capacity Act in assessing capacity of a patient to kill themselves.

Crossbench Peer Baroness Finlay raised a concern that the coordinating doctors approving people for an assisted suicide are not required to be specialists in the patient’s disease or condition – they “could be anyone”.

Peers spoke on an amendment to remove Wales from the scope of the Bill, with Lord Blencathra objecting to “English Law”, being imposed on Wales.

He said “it cannot be right” that politicians in Wales could be handed a Bill that will impact the 35,000 people who die there each year, “and they have no say over how their constituents die”.

Similarly, Lord Harper said he was “uncomfortable” with the Bill introducing assisted suicide in Wales, when the Senedd voted against it last year.

Grouse are safe on Scottish moors until August 12th, but it will be open season all year round on unborn children in Scotland if a group of blood-thristy "experts" get their way!

face On November 14, a report was published by the Abortion Law Review in Scotland. This group of “experts” is made up primarily of abortion providers. They have been meeting regularly over the last year to discuss potential changes to the abortion law in Scotland, culminating in a report making recommendations to the Scottish government. If taken, these recommendations would bring about the largest extension of access to abortion since 1967.

The worst significant proposals relate to legal grounds for abortion and gestational time limits. Proposals include:

• Prior to 24-weeks’ gestation (the current legal time limit), all grounds for abortion be removed and only one doctor’s signature should be required. This means on-demand abortion, for any reason, up to 24 weeks.
• Beyond 24 weeks, abortion be available if two doctors “decide abortion is appropriate.”
• Decriminalize abortion for women acting in relation to their own pregnancy at any gestation.

Taken together, these proposals will effectively legalise abortion up to birth.

Additional proposals include:

• Repeal of The Concealment of Birth (Scotland) Act, which would remove any offence for people concealing the disposal of the bodies of baby’s delivered following abortion at home
• Calls for the Scottish government to include “a duty to provide abortion services” – enshrining in law a “right to abortion.”

The proposal is wildly at odds with public opionion in Scotland and the wider UK. Only a tiny and shrinking minority still support late-term abortion, with widespread support for reduction of the age limit, not its abolition.

An NHS surgeon laughed as he was challenged over his past comments about 'sacrificing grannies' during a Parliamentary committee on assisted dying.

Consultant neurosurgeon Dr Henry Marsh chuckled as he said he 'didn't realise' the vile comments would end up in the public domain.

The pro-assisted dying doctor had previously said: 'Even if a few grannies get bullied into it, isn't that a price worth paying for all the people who could die with dignity?'

Dr Marsh also claimed the opposition to assisted dying is 'all bloody Christians' and added that during a Commons debate on the topic 'one bloody woman MP' had told a 'complete lie'.

He had been invited to take part in a Human Rights Committee session discussing the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the human rights of disabled people.

During the session on Wednesday, Tory Peer Lord Simon Murray asked him: 'I think you're on record saying… if there's some cases of coercion the greater public good is satisfied by having the system, is that fair?'

Dr Marsh, 75, responded: 'In principle, yes. I know I made a very crass comment about "sacrificing grannies", I greatly regret it and I wish I hadn't said it."

But he wasn't sorry he'd said, rather than about the fact his inhumanity became widely known, as his next comment made clear:

'It was very stupid of me and I didn't realise it was going to get into the public domain.'

Pro-Life ideas are surging in popularity among young Americans, and the entry rate in a pro-life competition provides the latest example. American Life League’s annual Pro-Life Essay Contest, hosted by its Culture of Life Studies Program, for 3rd–12th grade students has shattered records with an unprecedented 200% increase in participation, marking a historic milestone for the organization and the pro-life movement.

This year’s contest, which invites young people to articulate their pro-life convictions and share practical ways they embody these values in their daily lives, saw an extraordinary outpouring of entries from students across the nation. The dramatic rise in participation reflects a growing embrace of pro-life principles among America’s youth, signaling a powerful cultural shift.

Susan Ciancio, director and executive editor of the Culture of Life Studies Program, expressed her excitement: “We were thrilled to receive over three times as many submissions this year as in past years! This is a true testament to the fact that Catholic leaders are taking their vocation to teach pro-life values seriously.”

Ciancio highlighted the profound impact of the essays, stating, “In these essays, we have seen a true understanding of the sanctity of life, of a love for the vulnerable, and of a courageous spirit to live their faith.”

“This incredible turnout has filled us with immense hope,” said Katie Brown Xavios, national director of American Life League. “Each essay is a testament to the passion and influence of these young voices. From 3rd graders to high school seniors, these students are boldly proclaiming their commitment to life and demonstrating how they can become a force for good in their communities.”

The Canadian province of Quebec has the highest euthanasia rate in the world.

The Quebec 2024–2025 Report of the Commission on End-of-Life Care has revealed that deaths by Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) have reached 7.4 percent of the total provincial deaths and have increased 9% since last year.

“The Commission notes that MAiD is in increasing demand and occupies an important place in the public sphere in Quebec,” the report asserts.

“The Commission rigorously and vigilantly fulfills its mandate to ensure that MAiD requirements are properly applied in Quebec and that MAiD is not chosen as a treatment option when other [sic] curative, palliative, or end-of-life care options are unavailable,” it continued.

Despite its promise, the commission reported that 50 percent of the MAiD requests were from those who felt they were a burden to family, friends, or caregivers. Twenty-four percent of those killed cited loneliness and isolation as reasons to end their lives.

Additionally, the report found an alarmingly short period of time between MAiD requests and doctors administering the lethal drugs. According to the report, 4 percent of requests for MAiD were fulfilled on the same or next day.

When the old, sick, depressed or homeless agree to be 'offd', the lat thing a modern state wants is to give them time to change their minds!

Hundreds of pro-life men from across the country gathered last weekend for the fourth annual National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood.

On November 1, the Solemnity of All Saints, around 200 men marched six miles from a Planned Parenthood to Boston Common to bear witness to the unborn, dealing with some leftist protesters along the way.

March organizer Jim Havens emphasized to LifeSiteNews that he hopes the march will help inspire pro-life men to get off the sidelines and into the battle for the unborn, and lead the Supreme Court to hear a case on unborn children’s constitutional personhood.

One of the marchers, who drove several hours from Philadelphia to participate, highlighted the significant impact the couple hundred men had on the pro-life movement and the need for more Catholics to get involved in similar events.

The abortion industry’s ugliest secret is that babies are regularly born alive after attempted abortions and left to die by the medical professionals who had just tried to kill them. There are frequent and documented examples of this in just the past several years in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and in Ireland, where abortion has only been legal since 2019.

Now government data has confirmed that in New Zealand, babies are being born alive after attempted abortions at least once a month and, as is standard practice, are dying without being provided medical care. Abortion is legal on demand until 20 weeks of pregnancy and is frequently perpetrated afterwards if a doctor signs off that it is necessary for “health” reasons.

“Family First New Zealand reported they were able to obtain government data after filing an official request, and discovered preborn children survive attempted abortions on a regular basis,” Live Action News reported. “Since 2020, 80 attempted abortions have resulted in live births, though the real number may be even higher, as some districts did not provide the information. The abortion survivors were between 20 and 30 weeks gestation, and received no life-saving care.”

The report further noted that medical care was only granted to babies who were wanted by their parents: “Disturbingly, Te Tai Tokerau district said that life-sustaining care is considered only for ‘wanted babies at 22 weeks + 5 days.’ At Waikato, there is ‘parental discretion to opt in or opt out of resuscitation.’ Canterbury have previously advised that the ‘baby is wrapped in a blanket and held until it passes.’”

Specific instances of this horrifying protocol have been revealed in the past. In 2021, Gript reported that a “healthy baby was reportedly born alive after an unsuccessful late-term abortion, and was left to die in a New Zealand hospital” and that “the baby was left gasping for two hours whilst healthcare workers refused to intervene, before dying.” A healthcare student who was deeply traumatized from witnessing the baby’s death said the mother had been over 21 weeks pregnant.

“We wouldn’t do that to an animal. I was horrified,” said the student, going by the pseudonym Nicola. “We didn’t empower this woman by leaving her child to suffer and die like that. When she left the hospital, she was still in need of support and help for her situation. All we did was end the life of her baby in a drawn-out and cruel way. It’s actually vile and disgusting that any human would be treated that way.”

The man who did so much to impose Covid hysteria, lockdown and toxic untested jabs on Britain is now causing outrage with his support for assisted suicide. Chief Medical Officer for England, Chris Whitty, has suggested that even attempting to talk a loved one out of having the state assist them in suicide is “coercion”, prompting a backlash from commentators who have suggested this is a direct attack on national suicide prevention efforts.

Yesterday, during the House of Lords assisted suicide Bill select committee, Professor Sir Chris Whitty was called as an expert witness to give evidence on the Bill. In response to a question about coercion and pressure, Whitty said “I’ve got the impression that people think that all coercion is due to people doing it for nefarious reasons. Actually, you also get coercion, including from family members who, in their own view, are doing their best for a relative they see is in distress and are imposing their views on the individual who themselves may have a different view”.

He went on to say that “the whole point of people having adequate consent as an adult is that, provided they have capacity, they should be taking the decisions”.

“Ultimately, it’s [the decision of the person who desires assistance in suicide], and you do need to be alert to this form of coercion”, he added.

A new video from Dying to Meet You — "a project of cultural renewal to humanize our conversation on suffering, death, meaning, and hope... seek[ing] to value every human person," according to creator Amanda Achtman — sheds light on some of the lasting trauma that MAiD leaves in its wake. In an interview with Achtman, Benjamin Turland shared his heart-wrenching experience in losing both of his grandmothers to euthanasia in Canada.

Turland shared with Achtman that his first grandmother was very close to dying of natural causes, so he couldn't understand why she chose to go through with a MAID death. "It just wrecked me," he said.

Two months later, his second grandmother — whom he described as one of his closest confidantes and one of his closest friends — also chose to pursue euthanasia. On her sickbed, she thanked him for letting her "go through" with euthanasia, even though he said he didn't want her to do it. That left him with a strong guilt.

"Why didn't I say something?" he thought afterward.

Turland explained that seeing both of his grandmothers choose euthanasia prompted him to do some soul-searching.

"Did I not love you enough? Did I not love you the correct way?" he wondered. "Did I not make you feel like you're not a burden?... What did I do wrong that makes you want to end it now?"

Achtman noted that "It's always painful to lose the people we love," and asked Turland, "What difference does it make to lose someone to medical assistance in dying?"

"It's the choice of MAiD that hurts," Turland said, noting that when his grandfathers both passed, "it was the natural time for them to go. But when you choose it, you feel like then there's something I could have done, and it impacts multiple generations."

He advised everyone to discourage their grandparents from choosing MAiD now, before it's too late. He believes most grandchildren can have a bigger influence than they realize.

"You can't lose anything by telling them how much you love them and you want to be with them," he said.

The rapid expansion of "assisted dying" in Canada and around the globe is championed as a win for people who want to control every aspect of their death.

But Turland's experience exposes a dark underside to so-called 'death with dignity' — the havoc it wreaks on the family left behind. This trauma is yet another indication that suicide is never the answer.

NHS England data shows that over 54,000 women have been hospitalised following at-home abortion complications since 2020.

Research organisation Percuity reported that, according to the NHS data, 1-in-17 women who had an abortion at home required hospital care for complications including incomplete abortions, infections, and excessive haemorrhages.

The DIY scheme was introduced in 2020, and now most abortions take place at home.

Percuity stated: “The government is fully aware of the numbers of women being admitted to hospital for treatment of abortion complications but for some reason seems unwilling to report these on an annual basis.”

Women cannot give informed consent if the risks are downplayed, and deliberately minimising these dangers is unacceptable. Telemedicine, which posts out abortion pills to mothers without them seeing a medical professional in person, is so clearly harming women it’s baffling to think anybody could ignore their plight.