The letter is signed by<\/p>\n
The Most Rev Rowan Williams
\nArchbishop of Canterbury<\/p>\n
The Most Rev Vincent Nichols
\nArchbishop of Westminster<\/p>\n
Sir Jonathan Sacks
\nChief Rabbi<\/p>\n
It reads in part:<\/p>\n
Now, by way of an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill, the legality of assisting people to end their own lives is again to be debated. The amendment seeks to protect from prosecution those who help friends or relatives to go abroad to commit suicide in one of the few countries where the practice is legal.<\/p>\n
This would surely put vulnerable people at serious risk, especially sick people who are anxious about the burden their illness may be placing on others. Moreover, our hospice movement, an almost unique gift of this country to wider humankind, is the profound and tangible sign of another and better way to cope with the challenges faced by those who are terminally ill. <\/\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n