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Faith leaders call for care not death

FAITH leaders spoke out yesterday against the Tories’ new assisted dying Bill, warning that it could push many of the most vulnerable people into ending their lives.

In an open letter, the two-dozen community leaders urged MPs to reject the Bill and instead focus on providing “compassionate, high-quality” care.

The Bill could push vulnerable people who have come to believe they are a burden on others to cut short their lives, they warned, as well as putting the 500,000 elderly people abused each year in mortal danger.

For people who are terminally ill “the natural processes of dying, allied with good palliative care, enable them and their families to experience precious moments of love, care, reconciliation and even hope — processes that ought not to be truncated.”

The letter’s signatories include Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Muslim Council of Britain secretary-general Dr Shuja Shafi and the heads of many Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh and other religious groups.

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