A South African, conservative Christian political party leader, Rev. Theunis Botha, condemned Archbishop Desmond Tutu's statements last week in favour of assisted suicide, ‘To his support for abortion and same-sex-marriage Bishop Tutu now adds euthanasia (suicide) on the list of things he supports that are totally contrary to the Word of God.’ In an article published last Saturday Tutu cited an example of when assisted suicide should be permissible and said that the case demonstrates that South Africa's laws need to be changed. Desmond Tutu’s endorsement of euthanasia was reported in the British media just days before Britain’s House of Lords debate a controversial Assisted Dying Bill. The proposed new  British law would enable doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients who have stated a clearly expressed intention to end their lives. (See also the British Isles Section - item 1 and the Europe Section - item 1)