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It was heartening to hear Toby Young, also a Conservative peer, make a powerful speech against assisted suicide. Lord Young of Acton, General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, shared the reservations of his sister, an NHS nurse who has spent much of her career working in palliative care, about the Bill:
“My sister acknowledges that, at some point, most palliative care patients express a wish to die, whether because of pain, nausea or extreme fatigue, because they are anxious about dying at home without adequate care or support, or because they feel they have become a burden on their families.
Julian Mann, Christian Today, 17th September 2025.