After Scotland Victory, UK May Defeat Assisted Suicide Bill

Scotland’s rejection of assisted suicide—for the third time since 2010—is a monumentally important victory. The 69-57 vote against was foreshadowed by the assurance that loosening protections for the “terminally ill” inevitably led to an assault against the medically vulnerable and, most recently, even children.The rapid-fire descent into chaos —otherwise known as Canada’s MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying)—was brought up over and over as proof positive that once assisted suicide left the statio