‘Parliament should get final say on assisted suicide’, court hears
from Christian Institute.
Parliament is best-placed to consider the impact of changing the law on assisted suicide, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday.
James Eadie QC, representing the Justice Secretary, said that courts should not overrule the current law.
The law is being challenged by Noel Conway, who suffers from motor neurone disease.
Mr Conway wants the courts to allow doctors to assist his death, but in 2015 Parliament overwhelmingly voted not to legalise assisted suicide. He lost his legal challenge to the High Court in October, and Mr Eadie said that judges were right to reject the case.
He said that any change in this “sensitive policy area” ought to remain a matter for Parliament, because it represents “the conscience of the nation”.
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