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Press Release – Never Abandoning the Fight for Ethical Care
The Anscombe Centre’s Statement after the Commons Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
Press Release – Politeia Publishes Paper by Anscombe Centre Director Outlining Dangers of Assisted Dying Bill Ahead of Key Vote
Ahead of the Third Reading vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill on Friday, think-tank Politeia has published a paper by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre’s Director, Professor David Albert Jones, Assisting Suicide: An Ever More Dangerous Bill, which shows how the Bill falls dangerously short of providing necessary safeguards for protecting vulnerable patients.
Press Statement – Anscombe Bioethics Centre Strongly Opposes Harmful and Inhumane Abortion ‘Decriminalisation’ Amendments
Our Press Statement on two amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill which would aim to ‘decriminalise’ abortion – i.e. remove criminal penalties for illegal abortions from the law.
Press Release – Anscombe Centre Shines Light on Equality and Suicide Prevention Concerns Regarding ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill Ahead of Key Vote
Ahead of the votes on Report Stage (continuing on 13 June 2025) and Third Reading (possibly 20 June 2025) on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the Anscombe Bioethics Centre has released two new papers. These complete the Centre’s analyses of three documents that the Government has produced on the impact and implications of legalising assisted suicide in England and Wales through this Bill.
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A virtual library of essays and articles by past and present staff members of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre. Our briefing papers, offering in-depth analysis of fast-moving issues, are also available here.
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