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A “citizens jury” from the United Kingdom recently released a report<\/a> in support of the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Though the jury was supposed to be non-partisan, sources say it was a “set up,” as it was funded by a trust that supports assisted suicide and consisted of people who have ties to pro-assisted suicide campaigns.<\/p>\n

According to Sky News<\/a>, the jury was commissioned by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and was supposed to consist of a randomly-selected panel of members of the public, who convened for eight weeks to “explore the complexity of assisted dying.”<\/p>\n

However, as Right to Life UK<\/a> reports, the panel members “appear to have been a highly partisan selection of people who took extreme positions on the issue of assisted suicide and euthanasia that are not widely supported by the public.” It was also funded with a six-figure grant from the A B Charitable Trust, which previously gave a grant to another organization called Humanists UK \u201ctowards work on legalising assisted dying.\u201d<\/p>\n

An organization called the Care Not Killing Alliance called into question the jury’s make-up and ties to pro-assisted suicide organizations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDisappointingly, we note that the Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics was\u00a0formerly Director of Compassion in Dying, the charitable arm of Dignity in Dying which campaigns for assisted suicide. Additionally, a leading Council member was\u00a0previously chair of Compassion in Dying, and the project was funded by a group which has also funded another leading pro-assisted suicide campaign organisation,” said<\/a> Dr Gordon Macdonald, CEO for Care Not Killing.<\/p>\n

In its report, the jury supported more extreme forms of assisted dying, such as euthanasia for children<\/em> and legalized death for those who aren’t<\/em> terminally ill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nuffield Citizens\u2019 Jury project was flawed from the outset. It was inconceivable that a project funded by a charity that has made grants in support of legalising assisted suicide and commissioned by a charity whose Director used to be the head of a leading pro-assisted suicide pressure group could reach conclusions that the public could confidently trust to be impartial and balanced,” said<\/a> Catherine Robinson, Spokesperson for Right To Life UK.<\/p>\n

“This particular Jury appears to have favoured extreme measures that would go far beyond what pro-assisted suicide campaigners in the UK claim to support such as the legalisation of euthanasia; jury members also expressed greater support for than opposition to the introduction of assisted dying for minors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawmakers in the UK are currently considering legislation that would make assisted dying legal.<\/p>\n

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