Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jim Dobbin (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 4 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 44 members in total.

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PATIENT (ASSISTED DYING) BILL AND THE BMA

That this House welcomes the recent statements from the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians opposing the Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill, a Bill that seeks to legalise assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia; notes the BMA's assertion that legalising euthanasia or assisted suicide would have a profound and detrimental effect on the doctor-patient relationship; further notes that the Royal College of Physicians states that the Bill is the wrong response to the problem of unalleviated suffering and is potentially dangerous; further notes a recent independent survey of doctors that showed a considerable majority oppose assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia and that almost three out of four doctors would refuse to perform such practices if they were legalised; and calls upon the Government to reiterate its opposition to the legalisation of assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia and to devote more resources to palliative and geriatric care.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1333 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Euthanasia Patients Suicide British Medical Association

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk