Child euthanasia - the next stop on the slippery slope Remarks delivered to Oxford University Students – May 16th, 2023 David Alton – Lord Alton of Liverpool I want you to imagine Marie. It’s 2025 and Marie is a 15 year old Canadian girl. Three months ago her...
Charles Moore is right that matters of conscience – like euthanasia – should not be slipped into Government Bills. And Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie, chief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland, says that a Bill about Health and Care should not be used to change the criminal law.
Charles Moore is right that matters of conscience - like euthanasia - should not be slipped into Government Bills. And Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie, chief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland, says that a Bill about Health and Care should not be used to change the...
October 2018 Debate on the Northern Ireland Bill. Why Northern Ireland Should Not be Forced to Accept British laws – with one abortion taking place every three minutes of every day. The BBC tell a moving story about a baby rescued from the clinical waste. Why Both lives matter.8,894,355 reasons why over one third of Ireland’s voters were right to vote No
December 2018: How places of prayer became places of carnage: charnel houses for the child in the womb: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/uk-abortions-hit-record-high My...
Welsh Asembly Votes Against Assisted Suicide Bill – Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
January 16th 2015 Further Debate on the Falconer Bill. Is this "assisted dying" or "assisted suicide"? Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB): http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=16956&st=11:22:46.3370000 My Lords, I will be brief because I did hear...
Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
July 18th 2014 Debate on the Assisted Dying Bill. 6.36 pm https: Care Not Killing Alliance interview about the Bill... //www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE https://www.youtube.com/user/cnkalliance Full debate at:...
Strong parliamentary opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE
July 18th 2014 Debate on the Assisted Dying Bill. 6.36 pm https: Care Not Killing Alliance interview about the Bill... //www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39xaYdqeX0&list=PLwjFHo9tsCgV8zRRMRNgNwKV68Ka-U3tE https://www.youtube.com/user/cnkalliance Full debate at:...
Debate on Euthanasia and End of Life Care at Westminster
Read the full parliamentary debate at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/lords/todays-lords-debates/read/unknown/94/ Also - see this BBC report of Belgium's decision to euthanise children: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25364745 Extracts...
House of Commons Debate on Genetics and Embryology: 1996. Plus ça change
House of Commons Debate on Genetics and Embryology: 1996. Plus ça change Science Policy and Human Genetics HC Deb 19 July 1996 vol 281 cc1405-78 Mr. David Alton (Liverpool, Mossley Hill) The hon. Member for East Kilbride (Mr. Ingram) said that it was unsatisfactory...
Euthanasia and the reckless manipulation of the public debate
Why Public Safety could be jeopardised by a change to the law on euthanasia: https://www.davidalton.net/2011/03/06/liverpool-legal-medical-society-votes-against-euthanasiaassisted-suicide/ And how the public debate is being recklessly manipulated: The BBC and Breach...
Assisted Dying, Euthanasia and Bias in the BBC
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jun/15/choosing-to-die-terry-pratchett ...
Liverpool Legal-Medical Society Votes Against Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide
Click here to see the power point presentation: 2010 Liverpool Medical-Legal Society 1 The Motion debated on November 25th at the Liverpool Medical Institution, by the Liverpool Legal-Medico Society (lawyers and medics) was to support changes in the law...
Euthanasia Proposal Defeated
Liverpool Debate Defeats Proposal To Change The Law On Euthanasia David Alton The Motion debated on November 25th 2010 at the Liverpool Medical Institution, by the Liverpool Legal-Medico Society (lawyers and medics) was to support changes in the law which would permit...
May 12th 2006. Debate On The Joffe Bill to permit assisted suicide.
For the text of the full debate, click here Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, this is the third time that a Bill of this kind has been laid before your Lordships' House. We have had a full Select Committee, 21 hours of parliamentary debate on the issue, 10 sitting...
September 2023 – Dublin Dinner To Celebrate The Gift of Life. Proposals to use AI to select and destroy “unsuitable” human embryos challenged: “This is AI led eugenics. We need instead Authentic Intelligence, Ethical Intelligence – not more eugenics.” “The supreme human right is the right to life – on which all other human rights are dependent.”
September 9th, 2023 Dublin PRO LIFE Dinner It is a pleasure to have been able to accept the invitation from Senator Ronan Mullen to be with you in Dublin tonight. Nothing is more important than the defence of life itself. After the 2018 Referendum the faint...
Good to stand and speak with 62 Peers today opposing the Meacher Bill (assisted suicide).
Good to stand today as one of 62 Peers who opposed the Meacher Bill today, including doctors, Peers with disabilities, lawyers, and many who say that the Bill has inadequate safeguards. It should not be allowed onto the Statute Books....
GIS Reports On Line – Essay on The Politics of Identity and the loss of trust in politicians. With a loss of trust pointing to a growing divide between the concerns of the political classes and those of British citizens, most British voters now believe that their Parliament does not reflect the nation’s views. As they battle for votes in the forthcoming General Election, political elites would do well to consider struggling and forgotten communities.
https://gisreportsonline.com/essay-the-politics-of-identity,politics,3031.html Essay: The Politics of Identity A recent poll by ComRes found almost eight in 10 British citizens believe Parliament is in need of reform (source: dpa) L David Alton, Lord Alton of...
Government Says Smoking Can Kill Your Unborn Child – Abortion Most Certainly Does. Katie Ascough -the Right Kind of PC politically courageous rather than politically correct. Baroness Nuala O’Loan’s Bill on protecting the position of Midwives and others sacked for following their Conscience. Belfast Meeting on Legislating for Life. SDLP’s Alban Maginness Sounds The Alarm in the Belfast Telegraph.
Belfast Meeting 2016 Click here for coverage of (Baroness) Nuala O'Loan's Bill on Conscience http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5373943/Catholic-midwife-ousted-refusing-oversee-abortions.html...
Truth Should Speak To Power – the 50th Anniversary of the Abortion Act. Text of a Speech Delivered Outside Of The British Parliament On The 50th Anniversary Of Legislation That Has Claimed More Than 8 Million Lives. Ireland’s Response. Dr.Alveda King’s Statement. CARE for Life Meeting. Rob Flello On Why Labour Should Rethink.
Also see: https://www.christiantoday.com/article/martin.luther.kings.niece.in.abortion.protest.todays.unborn.babies.are.yesterdays.blacks/117304.htm https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155763270241054&id=586216053...
October 27th 2017 – 50 tragic years of abortion – “1 every 3 minutes in the UK”. 8, 894,355 Lives Ended
At 11.04am on Friday October 27 some of us will gather at Parliament to mark 50 years since Royal Assent was given to the 1967 Abortion Act. A law which was intended to allow abortion in certain circumstances became an elastic law, a law with catastrophic...
Cardinal Charles Bo of Burma Visits the UK – the text of his remarks at New Maldon, Westminster, Stonyhurst College,and other meetings. His address in Parliament and meeting with Mr.Speaker. Also, his thoughts on the future of Burma and a profile. Sunday Times article. At Westminster he says: “Human rights is the new catechism of human dignity.”
Cardinal Charles Bo visited the United Kingdom during the last part of May and this post contains some of his remarks and subsequent comments: Reflection on the visit by Ben Rogers: https://forbinfull.org/2016/07/01/on-the-road-with-cardinal-bo-a-personal-reflection/...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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