Catholic Church in UK says legalizing Assisted Suicide would cause ‘irreversible harm’

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Archbishop-elect John Sherrington, the head of Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, says the proposed Bill legalizing assisted suicide in Britain will cause “irreversible harm.”

On Friday, a five-hour debate took place in the UK Parliament on Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, ahead of a final vote taking place next month.

Euthanasia and assisted suicide are currently illegal under English...