“I am deeply disappointed that our Parliament has taken the first step to allow the State to provide vulnerable people with ways to end their own lives ahead of its time”. With these words, the Bishop of Paisley, John Keenan, who is president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, commented the fact the Scottish Parliament said yes to the legislation that permits assisted dying even if this is not a final vote yet. “However, many MPs expressed deep concerns at the conditions set forth by Liam McArthur’s legislation”, Bishop Keenan went on. “I hope and I pray that the MPs will spend some time very carefully reflecting on these concerns of ours and will reject the new legislation before it is enforced”. Even the “Society for the Protection of Unborn Children”, one of the most important British prolife movement’s associations, expressed “deep concerns” after the Scottish Parliament’s vote in support of assisted dying. “At a time when suicide is on the rise in Scotland, MPs should be doing all they can to reduce it. This vote sends out the dangerous message that suicide is the right choice, provided it is overseen by a doctor”, John Deighan, president of the Scottish section of the “Society for the Protection of Unborn Children”, stated.