https://freerepublic.com/tag/humanistsuk/ en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:43:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376218/posts A small group in the House of Lords has proposed hundreds of amendments that are helping stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill. Six hundred and eighty-eight. That is the number of amendments that just seven members of Britain’s House of Lords have proposed to a bill that was meant to legalize assisted dying for the terminally ill. So many amendments have been lodged — more than 1,280 in total — that the bill now seems doomed to fail, in a rare example of the Lords, Parliament’s unelected second chamber, blocking a... New York times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376218/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:43:51 GMT