What’s at stake in the UK assisted suicide vote

The bill’s opponents believe the vote is now ‘on a knife edge.’

British lawmakers will vote Friday on a bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols visits a hospice ward in Hackney, London, on June 11, 2024. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Both advocates and opponents of the bill say that if it becomes law it will mark a radical social change, on a par with the legalization o…