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The Archbishop of Canterbury said he fears moves towards legalising voluntary euthanasia were being motivated by the need for cost-cutting in healthcare.

Dr Rowan Williams reaffirmed his opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide at a meeting of the the General Synod of the Church of England, in York.

The archbishop said: “This is not simply a debate about medical ethics, it’s also about economic ethics.

“In a climate where the pressure is all towards a functionalised, reduced style of healthcare provision, this (assisted dying) must be a very, very tempting option to save money and resources.

“We have to be honest about this but we have to recognise that this is also an economic question and therefore a question about power.”
(Thinking Anglicans).

Dr Elaine Storkey said that "Humanness was being defined in different ways: are we functioning? Are we worth anything?" Palliative care was always the most expensive option, “but nothing gives us the right to kill one another.”(Church Times)