As a Christian doctor, I know allowing assisted dying will be a disaster

The Isle of Man’s newly passed Assisted Dying Bill is not a compassionate safeguard, but a dangerous enabler with ethical missteps that forces doctors into legal grey areas. The welfare of society’s most vulnerable is at stake, says Graham McAll

A bill enabling patients to commit suicide has completed its parliamentary stages in the Isle of Man, the first to do so in the British Isles. It permits doctors to prescribe poisons to an adult who is expected to live for a year or less. To qualify, the patient must have mental capacity to request such substances, have had residency on the Island for five years, and self-administer the poison.