Conference to address euthanasia

The Christian Medical Fellowship is to host a one day conference discussing end of life care and euthanasia.

The Life and Death Matters conference is set against the background of renewed attempts by Dignity in Dying and their supporters to legalise voluntary euthanasia as part of the Coroners and Justice Bill.

The conference will examine a wide range of issue including the question of when the right to die becomes a duty to die and whether euthanasia eliminates suffering or simply eliminate sufferers.

Speakers include Baroness Jane Campbell, former Disability Rights Commissioner,
Lord Alex Carlile QC, Baroness Mary Warnock, and Dr Philip Howard, gastroenterologist at St George's Hospital.

They will address the issue of whether euthanasia enhances respect for vulnerable people or erodes respect for the disabled by stating that there are some lives that are “not worth living”.

The Life and Death Matters conference takes place at the London Metropolitan University on 29 March.

On the web: sites.google.com/site/lifeanddeathmatters/Home