Assisted dying Bill ‘devalues human life’, says top Bishop

The Bill has been proposed by Scottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

The assisted dying legislation which passed its first parliamentary hurdle at Holyrood on Tuesday “devalues human life”, a leading Catholic Bishop has said.

John Keenan, the Bishop of Paisley and the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, expressed his “sadness” that MSPs backed the general principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.