from Christian Concern
Last week, Labour peer Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe provoked outrage when he appeared to support assisted suicide as a method of population control.
This was during the second reading in the Lords of Kim Leadbeater’s bill for legalising assisted suicide. You can watch the clip below, which led to outrage from some quarters.
Nikki da Costa, the former director of legislative affairs at 10 Downing Street, asked openly whether Lord Brooke was advocating assisted suicide as a form of population control.
Speaking on behalf of the Scottish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Anthony Horan blasted the comments.
Writing in the Spectator, Madeline Grant characterised Lord Brooke’s speech as ‘truly bonkers’.
But Dignity in Dying, which campaigns to change the law, tweeted in support of his speech.
How do we need to view Lord Brooke’s short speech from a Christian perspective?
What Lord Brooke said in full
Here are his words in context.