Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics

When UK Law and Politics Collide: Abortion, Assisted Dying, and Bombing Iran


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How should members of Parliament decide matters of life and death? In the midst of passionate public debate, Parliament has begun to rewrite the legal boundaries around abortion and assisted dying, but what does that mean for the future of UK law? And has the United States broken international law by bombing Iran?

 

Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC explore the shifting lines of morality, medicine, legality and war in some of Britain’s most divisive debates. They examine the legal, ethical, and political fallout of recent reforms, including the decriminalisation of abortion and the proposed assisted dying bill, raising urgent questions about how laws evolve to reflect modern values.

 

They’re joined by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi, who sponsored the abortion amendment. She offers powerful insight into the parliamentary process, the resistance reformers face, and what it means to legislate on issues where conscience, religion, and human rights collide.

 

From politics and law to freedom of expression, from crime and punishment to the morality of modern warfare, this episode offers rigorous expert legal commentary on today’s most sensitive current political events. With a focus on how British politics navigates questions of life, death, and dignity - and what that reveals about the state of our legal system.

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