Assisted suicide - plenary session | Resident Doctors Conference 2025

In the past year, politicians in Westminster and Holyrood have taken active steps towards implementing assisted suicide laws in the UK. In the plenary from this year's CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Susan Marriott (CMF's Head of Public Policy) surveys the political landscape and considers what the coming years could hold. How, she asks, can Christian resident doctors and other Christian health professionals shine for Christ as this debate unfolds and into whatever lies ahead?

She is joined in a Q&A session by CMF CEO Dr Mark Pickering and the main speaker at this year's conference, Dr Paul Coulter. 

You can find more of CMF's resources on the topic at cmf.li/AssistedSuicideResources

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:00 Assisted suicide: where are the attempts to change the law at?
• 13:14 Assisted suicide: what does the Bible tells us?
• 33:27 Assisted suicide: what might be the impact if it's legalised?
• 48:37 Assisted suicide: what can I do, and what resources can I use to do it?
• 54:06 Q&A
• 1:17:25 Outro