Disabled peer criticises Lib Dem leader over support for ‘discriminatory threat’
A disabled peer has criticised Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable for backing the “discriminatory”…
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Relief after court rejects latest assisted suicide legal bid and highlights law change dangers
Disabled activists have welcomed the court of appeal’s decision to reject the latest attempt to…
Anger over Royal Society’s ‘love fest for euthanasia’ conference
Disabled activists have attacked the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) for hosting a conference on…
Concern over balance of major end-of-life conference
Disabled campaigners have raised concerns that a major conference on “end of life choice” –…
Court’s assisted suicide ruling ‘confirms growing resistance’ to law change
A court’s rejection of the latest bid to legalise assisted suicide shows that a group…
Activists fighting ‘assisted suicide’ laws now need ‘hard facts’ for battle ahead
Disabled activists will need to seek out more “hard facts” if they want to fight…
Activists set for ‘David and Goliath’ fight to defeat assisted suicide court bid
A group of disabled activists – led by a crossbench peer – are to intervene…
Assisted suicide research finds ‘common ground’ between opposing camps
Disabled researchers who interviewed both opponents of legalising assisted suicide and those in favour of…
Abrahams ‘uninvites’ DPO… because it wanted to talk about independent living
Labour’s relationship with the disability movement has suffered another blow after the party invited a…
Concern over Mordaunt’s ‘troubling’ appointment as disability minister
Disabled activists say they are “deeply concerned” by the “troubling” decision to appoint an outspoken…