{"id":5879,"date":"2014-07-02T00:09:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T07:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2018-03-08T16:40:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:40:31","slug":"bma-reiterates-opposition-to-assisted-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5879","title":{"rendered":"BMA reiterates opposition to assisted dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BMA has reiterated its firm opposition to legalising assisted dying in the face of renewed calls for a change in the law.<\/p>\n<p>An editorial in the BMJ today calls for the Assisted Dying Bill championed by Lord Falconer to become law.<\/p>\n<p>BMJ editor-in-chief Fiona Godlee, UK editor Tony Delamothe and patient editor Rosamund Snow argue that people should be able to exercise choice over their lives, which should include how and when they die.<\/p>\n<p>They write: \u2018Ultimately, however, this is a matter for Parliament, not doctors, to decide. Let us hope that our timid lawmakers will rise to the challenge.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The BMJ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BMA but has editorial independence.<\/p>\n<p>BMA council chair Mark Porter acknowledged there were strongly held views within the medical profession on both sides of the assisted-dying debate.<\/p>\n<p>But he insisted: \u2018The BMA remains firmly opposed to legalising assisted dying. This issue has been regularly debated at the BMA\u2019s policy-forming annual conference and recent calls for a change in the law have persistently been rejected.\u2019 . . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/bma.org.uk\/news-views-analysis\/news\/2014\/july\/bma-reiterates-opposition-to-assisted-dying\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BMA has reiterated its firm opposition to legalising assisted dying in the face of renewed calls for a change in the law. An editorial in the BMJ today calls for the Assisted Dying Bill championed by Lord Falconer to become law. BMJ editor-in-chief Fiona Godlee, UK editor Tony Delamothe and patient editor Rosamund Snow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5879\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BMA reiterates opposition to assisted dying&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,5,162,9,757],"tags":[91,92,220],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-united-kingdom","tag-british-medical-association","tag-british-medical-journal","tag-lord-falconer"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>BMA reiterates opposition to assisted dying - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5879\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BMA reiterates opposition to assisted dying - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The BMA has reiterated its firm opposition to legalising assisted dying in the face of renewed calls for a change in the law. 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