British cardinal says a legalized ‘right to die’ becomes a ‘duty to die’

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – If assisted suicide is legalized in Britain, “a key protection of human life falls away,” according to Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and Archbishop of Westminster.

In a statement set to be read at all his parishes this weekend, the English cardinal says the right to die “can become a duty to die.”

Last week, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater announced she was introducing a private members Bill allowing terminally ill...