An Australian man, who has already outlived his cancer diagnosis by three years, has travelled across the world to plead with UK MPs to think again before legalising assisted suicide. In a visit arranged by The Christian Institute, Stephanus Breytenbach met with parliamentarians at Westminster this week and urged them to vote against Kim Leadbeater’s controversial assisted suicide Bill. A cancer survivor encouraged Stephanus to “set small goals”, he explained, “And so I would set a goal to live for Thursday. Stephanus, who has teenage children, also cared for his wife as she lay dying of cancer in 2023. He observed: “If I would have chosen assisted suicide, look at what I would have missed.

Source: The Times June 13, 2025 15:43 UTC