In a pastoral letter addressed to all Scotland’s Catholics, the bishops of Scotland have asked us all to urge MSPs to reject a proposed new law to legalise assisted suicide. The bishops describe the proposal put forward by Liam McArthur MSP, as “dangerous” and call on MSPs to focus their energies on improving palliative care which the bishops say is “underfunded and limited”.

Assisted Dying Bill

The Health Committee at the Scottish Parliament has recently issued a short survey to obtain views of people in Scotland on the proposed bill on Assisted Dying. The survey is open until 16th August 2024. It is a short survey and easy to complete online. It is important that as many people as possible complete the survey to give the Parliament a true picture of the level of opposition to this bill.

If you use this QR code it will take you to the survey.