UK Prosecutor Office Set to Loosen Restrictions on Assisted Suicide

The UK’s Director of Public Prosecutions is expected to issue new guidelines on Thursday that pro-life advocates say will effectively legalize assisted suicide in England and Wales. The DPP held a public consultation after issuing draft guidelines in September year that proposed to change the rules in order to allow individuals who help others kill themselves escape prosecution, as long as prosecutors can discern no motive of personal gain in assisting in the suicide. British and international anti-euthanasia and disability rights groups have expressed their alarm at the draft guidelines, saying they put vulnerable people at risk and significantly undermine the law. LifeSiteNews