๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ข๐ฝ๐-๐ข๐๐
The Bishopsโ Conference of Scotland is deeply disappointed by the decision of the Scottish Parliament to reject all institutional conscientious objection amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
Every organisation has guiding values that shape its mission and practice and, for many faithโbased organisations, including Catholic hospices and care homes, these values are fundamentally incompatible with the introduction of assisted suicide.
The future of such institutions, which so faithfully and compassionately serve their local communities, some for hundreds of years, is now uncertain if the Bill passes.
The Bishopsโ Conference maintains that no organisation should be compelled by the State to participate in the deliberate ending of life when doing so would violate its ethical or religious principles.
The Bishopsโ Conference urges MSPs to reject the Bill, ensuring that organisations providing critical care services are not forced to decide between acting contrary to their foundational values or closing.
