It was a dark day for Scotland yesterday as MSPs at Holyrood voted by 70 votes to 56 in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.

Kim Leadbeater, who is leading the push to impose state-sanctioned murder on England and Wales as well, said she is “pleased” that the Scottish Parliament has backed the general principles for assisted dying.

Ms Leadbeater, the MP behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, said there are injustices in the current ban on assisted dying, adding that MSPs had “listened to the voices of those with personal experience of those injustices”.

Public opinion continues to swing against the Assisted Suicide Bill, which is set to be voted on today in the Scottish Parliament.

A man who started the assisted suicide process by contacting an assisted suicide clinic after doctors misdiagnosed him with motor neurone disease, is warning MSPs that “people will die unnecessarily” under Scotland’s assisted suicide Bill. The remarkable story comes amidst growing concerns about the Bill’s broad definition of terminal illness.

As MSPs prepare to debate and vote on Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill next week on 13 May, Peter Sefton-Williams, 72, a retired journalist, has warned MSPs that if they “go ahead with this bill, they have to accept that people will die unnecessarily. There will be mistakes and people will die. So is it worth it?”.

Last year, Sefton-Williams was told by his doctor “there is no doubt whatsoever that you have Motor Neurone Disease and that you typically can live between one and a half to four or five years”, and was also told to “not make any plans past six months’ time”. As a result, Sefton-Williams was “absolutely terrified” and immediately began making plans to end his life at the Swiss assisted suicide clinic, Dignitas. 

“The day after the diagnosis, I contacted Dignitas, because they said it would take six months to do the paperwork. So I thought, ‘I have to do this in a hurry’”, he said.

As his panic subsided, Sefton-Williams abandoned these plans, and he began to notice his symptoms were not becoming worse but were actually improving. After seeking the opinion of a third specialist, he was told, “this is not Motor Neurone Disease, this is Multifocal Motor Neuropathy”.

“It’s very rare, it mimics the early stages of Motor Neurone Disease. But it’s a mild disease, nobody dies of it, and it’s largely curable”, he added.

Under McArthur’s Bill, an application for assisted suicide would require the approval of two doctors, but Sefton-Williams, who received his diagnosis from two of the country’s top specialists, pointed to his own experience as evidence that this was not an effective safeguard. 

Sefton-Williams said “Do you just shrug your shoulders and say, ‘Well, that’s life, mistakes happen’? Because mistakes are going to happen, and I’m living proof of that”.

“The lesson is that doctors make mistakes. Doctors quite frequently make mistakes”.

“Doctors are fallible. It’s no use saying they’re the kind of gold standard and will always get it right, because they don’t always get it right. As my case shows, I could have thought that was a way out and I would now be dead. Whereas, as far as I can tell, there’s very little wrong with me”, he added.

Sefton-Williams, who said his illness “is not a terminal illness at all”, would have likely been granted an assisted suicide under the McArthur Bill after the two specialists’ initial motor neurone disease diagnosis. He commented that it would have been “absolutely horrific” if he had opted for an assisted suicide. “The idea that I could have [ended my life] is absolutely horrific and the thing that most disturbs me is that nobody would have known”.

“What people would have said is, ‘Peter took a brave decision. He wished to die with dignity, and that’s what he did,’ and everyone would be satisfied that it had been a good outcome”.

“That’s what the world would think. But it wouldn’t have been a good outcome. I would have died unnecessarily”.

Another Scottish political heavyweight has confirmed that he will vote against state-sanctioned murder being imposed on Scotland.

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has consistently upheld the Catholic Church's pro-life stance, expressing strong opposition to abortion. He has described abortion as "a form of murder" and affirmed the Church's teaching that life begins at conception. ​

Throughout his ecclesiastical career, Prevost has actively supported pro-life initiatives. In 2015, while serving in Chiclayo, Peru, he participated in a March for Life rally, urging followers to "defend human life at all times." He has also shared content highlighting concerns about abortion practices, including articles discussing cases where babies survived abortion attempts.

Prevost's social media activity further reflects his pro-life views. He has reposted statements from prominent Catholic figures condemning abortion and advocating for the protection of unborn life. ​Unfortunately, he has never joined the American Catholic leaders who have spoken out against the giving of Communion to pro-abortion polioticians such as Nancy Pelosi or Joe Biden.

Pope Leo XIV has nonetheless demonstrated a firm commitment to the Catholic Church's pro-life doctrine, actively opposing abortion and promoting the sanctity of life from conception.

His traditionalist position in this regard is at odds with his widely noted statements against Donald Trump, JD Vance and immigration restrictions, and on his apparent enthusiasm for Synodal interference with other traditional teachings. He was also involved in the persecution of Bishop Strickland. First impressions are thus that the new pope will continue with much of destructive liberalism of his predecessor, but that he will stay true to genuine Catholic values on the issue of abortion.

Donald Trump has landed another blow on the abortion death cult.

Women playing football in England and Scotland are to be protected from men pretending to be women. The welcome move follows the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the definition of ‘woman’.

The English Football Association has announced that only true women will be allowed to play in women’s matches from 1st June. In Scotland, a revised policy for competitive matches is set to be introduced at the beginning of the 2025/26 season.

Currently, men in both countries can compete in women’s football on a case-by-case basis involving the reduction of testosterone levels.

Writing in The Daily Mail, former Olympian Sharron Davies MBE said: “Women and girls should never have had to fight for their right to play football, run, swim – whatever their choice of sport is – in a fair and safe way.

“Yet it has taken a Supreme Court judgment for public bodies and sporting organisations to wake up to what I and other campaigners have been saying for years. That it is not fair nor right to allow men to compete in women’s sport.”

She emphasised: “It is a fact that the impact of testosterone cannot be reversed. It is a fact that men have better bone density. It is a fact that men are built differently from women. It is a fact that they punch harder and are stronger than women.”

“So allowing men to compete against women immediately puts women and girls at a disadvantage both physically and mentally. And yet there are still competitive sports in the UK that allow male-born athletes to compete against women. ”

Abortuaries in Michigan, Utah, Illinois and New York have been forced to close by Donald Trump's ban on federal funding of child murder.

Within weeks of returning to office, President Donald Trump began enforcing the Hyde Amendment (which forbids most federal funds from directly supporting elective abortions), reinstated the Mexico City Policy (which forbids non-governmental organizations from using taxpayer dollars for elective abortions abroad), and cut millions in pro-abortion subsidies by freezing U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spending. 

In March, the administration froze Title X “family planning” grants to nonprofits it said violated its executive orders on immigration and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including Planned Parenthood affiliates in nine states.

Last year, Planned Parenthood’s annual report revealed that its affiliates across the nation took in $699.3 million in government “health services” reimbursements and grants, accounting for 39 percent of its total revenue during that period. Losing some of that money has taken a considerable toll.

Last month that the abortion giant closed four facilities in Michigan as a result of the cuts, and now KSL reports that two Utah locations are meeting the same fate, specifically its St. George and Logan locations. Additionally, Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is raising fees and laying off staff. The affiliate relied on $2.8 million that has been frozen over DEI. Abortion mills in New York and Illinois have also been forced to shut their bloodstained doors.