(The Cristian Post) The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the U.K.’s former Prime Minister Gordon Brown have warned that a proposed law to allow assisted suicide would “undermine the sanctity of life” and could pressure the frail and vulnerable to end their lives.
In a joint-letter with Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, along with Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi, the archbishop expressed “our profound disquiet” over a bill, tabled by Baroness Meacher in the House of Lords, which would allow adults who are of sound mind and have been told they have six months or less to live to receive life-ending medication if two doctors and a high court judge approve of it.
“We acknowledge that Baroness Meacher is seeking the alleviation of suffering,” they wrote, according to The Telegraph reported. “This motivation we share wholeheartedly, but we disagree on the means advanced to address this very real concern.”