Former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has warned that passing a bill to allow assisted suicide would “undermine the sanctity of life” and lead to a slippery slope in which the frail are pressurised to end their lives.
The former prime minister joined the Chief Rabbi, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior Roman Catholic cardinal in Britain in opposing the private member’s bill, which is due to be debated for a second time in the House of Lords.
Writing for The Times Brown, said that the focus of the medical profession should be in alleviating suffering, and that the “cold, bureaucratic directives” of the bill could change the way we view doctors and nurses.
