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Disabled activists have spoken of their relief after MPs voted to reject a bill that would have legalised assisted suicide in England and Wales, but they say the focus must now shift to improving social and palliative care. After months of […]
Twice as many disabled MPs voted against a bill that would have legalised assisted suicide in England and Wales as those that voted in favour, according to calculations by Disability News Service. A parliamentary debate ended with 286 MPs voting against […]
A new government assessment has admitted that disabled people – and particularly older disabled people – could face subtle pressure to choose an assisted death, if a bill described as “unsafe” and “weak” by campaigners is approved by parliament. The impact […]
Andy Burnham has delivered a significant blow to attempts to legalise assisted suicide, after he called for the “fixing” of social care and palliative care funding before there was any debate on legalisation. The new prime minister spoke out yesterday (Wednesday) […]
Disabled MPs and activists have expressed grave concern at the decision of Labour backbencher Lauren Edwards to reintroduce the “divisive” and “deeply flawed and unsafe” assisted dying bill to parliament. Edwards came second in last month’s private members’ bill ballot, which […]
Disabled campaigners have appealed to an MP not to use her success in the private members’ bill ballot to launch a new bid to legalise assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet UK hand-delivered a letter to the constituency office of Labour MP […]
Disabled campaigners have warned that pressure to push through legislation to allow assisted suicide is sure to continue, even though the “dangerous” and deeply-flawed terminally ill adults (end of life) bill has run out of parliamentary time. Those supporting the bill […]
The vote by MSPs that defeated the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland has provided “new impetus” for those challenging the introduction of similar laws in England and Wales, disabled activists believe. There was huge relief among disabled campaigners […]
A disabled peer has hit back at months of attacks on her and other opponents of the assisted suicide bill that accuse them of trying to block the legislation by “filibustering”. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson (pictured) is one of a handful of […]
Disabled activists in the UK have backed a US campaign that will call on actor and film-maker George Clooney to step away from a movie adaptation of a memoir that treats disability as a “fate worse than death”. In Love is […]