(Wesley J. Smith / NRO) – The future that some of us predicted about assisted suicide deployed as a resource saver has come to the U.K. Even as the House of Commons has passed a legalization bill — currently being debated in the House of Lords — the country’s hospice system is collapsing. From the BBC story:
Some 380 hospice beds out of around 2,000 lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses.
Hospice UK has told BBC News this is up from 300 a year ago and illustrates the severe challenges facing the sector. CONTINUE