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Former and current Archbishops clash over assisted-dying Bill
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Anglican Mainstream
by Francis Martin, Church Times‘This Bill is wrong because it ruptures relationships,’ Archbishop of York saysA FORMER and current Archbishop presented opposing views on assisted dying on Friday, on the second of two days of debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords.
“We belong with and for each other.
But a former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, said that the Church risked harming its legitimacy by standing in the way of the Bill, which has already passed, albeit narrowly, in the House of Commons (News, 20 June).
It has been agreed that the Bill will now be scrutinised by a select committee, in a step welcomed by Archbishop Cottrell.
But he said that, if it returned for a Third Reading, the bishops would be willing to table an amendment to force a vote on the issue.
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