Courts rule on heterosexual civil partnerships and assisted suicide: Christian Institute comments
The Supreme Court has today given its support to ‘marriage lite’ by backing the case of a couple seeking to change the law on heterosexual civil partnerships…
…Ciarán Kelly, Deputy Director (Staff and Communications) for The Christian Institute expressed his disappointment at the ruling.
“This is yet another fundamental attack on marriage from a court system that seems determined to do all it can to undermine it…”
Assisted suicide will remain illegal in the UK following today’s major ruling from the Court of Appeal.
Judges said the existing law achieves a fair balance between the interests of the wider community and the interests of people like Noel Conway, who brought the case.
Campaign group Care Not Killing responded to the ruling by calling for improved access to both palliative care and mental health support.
Dr Peter Saunders, Campaign Director of Care Not Killing, described the decision as a sensible one.
“Our laws deter the exploitation, abuse and coercion of vulnerable people”, he said, before drawing attention to numerous medical groups, including the British Medical Association, which do not support assisted suicide.
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