Assisted-suicide scheme failing over fears victims would be coerced to die

A scheme to embed assisted suicide into the law in Scotland appears to be on the verge of failure over concerns there are not protections against people being coerced to die.

A report from the Christian Institute documents how lawmaker Audrey Nicoll recently announced she was withdrawing her support from the plan by Liam McArthur.

“As a former police officer and convener of Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee, the SNP MSP explained that her experience with the ‘most vulnerable’...