Press Statement – Anscombe Centre Publishes Guide for Scottish Assisted Suicide Consultation
Read the Consultation Briefing hereOn 07 June, the Health, Sport and Social Care Committee of the Scottish Parliament opened a call for evidence on Liam McArthur MSP’s ‘Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill’.
The Anscombe Centre has produced a Briefing paper on the Consultation and strongly encourages all who are opposed to the Bill to submit evidence either by the short survey or the detailed consultation. The deadline is 16 August.
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Notes to Editors:
- Any part of the above can be quoted as coming from our Director, Professor David Albert Jones.
- See our Briefing on the Scottish Consultation on Assisted Suicide, here.
- For more information on the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, see our website: www.bioethics.org.uk
- For interviews or comment, contact: media@bioethics.org.uk
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