#088 - Assisted Dying, Abortion Reform and Medical Ethics w/ Calum Miller & James Bogle

30 Jun 2025 • 134 min • EN
134 min
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Dr. Calum Miller, NHS doctor and bioethics researcher, joins James Bogle, a barrister and legal expert in end-of-life cases, to discuss two of the most divisive issues in modern politics: assisted suicide and abortion. Drawing on decades of experience in medicine and law, they reveal how Britain's latest legislation undermines the Hippocratic Oath, endangers vulnerable patients, and reflects a deeper erosion of our moral and legal foundations. We explore the NHS pressures behind these changes, disturbing real-world examples from Canada and Europe, and why public debate on life and death is being shut down.   CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - me@petermccormack.com › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/   CONNECT WITH CALUM MILLER › X/Twitter - https://x.com/drcalummiller › Website - https://calumsblog.com   CONNECT WITH JAMES BOGLE › X/Twitter - https://x.com/10KBW › Website - https://10kbw.co.uk/barrister/james-bogle/   SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   TIMESTAMPS (0:00) – Introduction   (2:40) – Should we legalise assisted dying?   (5:00) – The NHS pressure to free up beds   (7:58) – Parliamentary vote breakdown   (12:29) – Hippocratic Oath undermined   (15:00) – Political cowardice and free votes   (21:29) – How rushed was this bill?   (27:07) – Misdiagnosis   (33:02) – 90% of palliative care doctors are against it   (37:24) – Prognosis is not an exact science   (40:08) – Are we turning doctors into executioners?   (50:00) – The role of coroners erased   (58:53) – Can the NHS workload handle this?   (1:01:08) – The Rubicon and the slippery slope   (1:10:00) – Equality law driving suicide access   (1:18:18) – The right to try experimental treatment   (1:33:43) – Morphine and midazolam abuse   (1:41:50) – Lord Sumption’s warning on social pressure   (1:45:00) – Government apathy and moral weakness   (1:48:49) – Abortion law change: what really happened?   (1:51:56) – 39-week abortion to hide affair   (2:00:17) – Society creating the problem it now punishes   (2:06:36) – Consequences of not protecting life   (2:10:34) – Final thoughts: time to reopen the abortion debate?   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM   FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ https://x.com/curttayloruk/   EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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