The Lothian MSP has appealed to be allowed to end her life, but we should be pressing for better end-of-life care first
In the News
-
March 30th, 2008
-
March 29th, 2008
Hundreds of MPs are to vote to lower the abortion limit to 20 weeks in a move which could lead to the first change in the law on terminations for nearly two decades.
-
March 29th, 2008
One press of a button and you can end your life with a swift injection of potassium chloride. That is the boast of Roger Kusch, once one of Germany's most promising conservative politicians and now the improbable promoter of a mercy-killing machine.
-
March 29th, 2008
Anglicanism and Islam were both founded by men who wielded total power. Under Henry VIII, politics swallowed religion. Under Muhammad, religion swallowed politics. Consequently, Anglicans struggle to defend their religious identity against a political agenda and Muslims struggle to defend their political rights against a religious agenda. Roman Catholics believe that the boundary between religion and politics is no less essential than the bridge.
-
March 29th, 2008
This week we have a rare glimpse of the true agenda of our new, modernised rulers. They have disclosed their secret, virulent loathing of fatherhood.
-
March 28th, 2008
Teenagers are drinking 44 bottles of wine or 177 pints of beer a year each, a new study into under-age alcohol intake and violence shows.
-
March 28th, 2008
Social networking sites will be required to remove material unsuitable for children, such as nude or violent images and comments, within 24 hours of receiving a complaint, under a tough new code for internet safety.
-
March 28th, 2008
Youngsters are to be given a stronger warning on the dangers of cannabis following a U-turn in the Home Office.
-
March 27th, 2008
A prominent Church of Scotland minister was criticised yesterday for suggesting that too much money was spent in Britain helping old people to "cling to life".
-
March 27th, 2008
Hundreds of children are surviving after being born within the legal limit for abortion, official figures have disclosed.