Assisted suicide
Campaigners for assisted suicide are stepping up their efforts. There are legislative proposals at both Westminster and Holyrood to enable terminally ill adults to get help to kill themselves.
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Assisted Suicide (Scotland)
Liam McArthur MSP has introduced a Bill to enable people in Scotland deemed to be terminally ill to get help to kill themselves.
Euthanasia (Ireland)
Campaigners for so-called ‘assisted dying’ want to enable terminally ill adults to get help to end their lives.
When does human life begin?
Christian thinking and contemporary opposition
John R Ling
When does human life begin? It is a fundamental and decisive question because your answer reveals your understanding of the nature and status of the human embryo. It also shapes your stance on the big bioethical issues of the day such as abortion, cloning and embryonic stem cell research. There are many voices sowing confusion, but the Bible is unmistakably clear that human life begins at conception. In this booklet, John Ling provides a wide-ranging explanation of biblical truth, the historical Christian perspective and evidence from modern science to support this position.
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