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UK Can't Support Abortion, Euthanasia And Also Human Freedom![]() Two votes in the British Parliament this week sent a stark message to the rest of the world: The U.K. government no longer values the lives of its people, and by extension, their liberties. The House of Commons, the only elected body in Parliament, voted 314-291 on Friday to legalize state-assisted suicide for terminally ill adults who have been told they have less than six months to live. The vote came just three days after members approved an amendment, by a vote of 370 to 137, to allow women to abort their unborn babies at any point in pregnancy, up to birth. The unelected House of Lords will have an opportunity to amend each bill, but, as The New York Times noted of the former, “the fact that the bill has the support of elected lawmakers means that it is very likely to become law.” Both decisions are, obviously, sides of the same coin. It’s no surprise that a country willing to kill “unwanted” babies would also be willing to kill “unwanted” adults. Neither is compatible with respect for the innate value of human life, no matter how many “safeguards” members of Parliament claimed would limit the state from killing too many people. The bill’s opponents warned opening the door to state-assisted suicide would only
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