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Four disabled peers have helped defeat attempts to hijack the government’s health and care bill and use it to secure a change in the law to legalise assisted suicide. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, had proposed […]
A disabled peer has accused fellow members of the House of Lords of attempting to “hijack” the health and care bill in a bid to secure a change in the law that would legalise assisted suicide. The crossbench peer Baroness [Jane] […]
An attempt to legalise assisted suicide by hijacking the government’s heath and care bill has raised serious concerns among disabled activists. The Conservative peer Lord Forsyth, a former secretary of state for Scotland, has tabled an amendment to the bill that […]
The crossbench peer leading parliamentary efforts to end the ban on assisted suicide appears to be trying to use the government’s health and care bill to make a parallel bid to introduce legalisation. Baroness Meacher’s assisted dying bill is awaiting its […]
The chances of a bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide being passed by the House of Lords appear to be in the balance after nearly eight hours of debate among peers. The organisation Dignity in Dying, which leads the campaign […]
Disabled people have called on MPs and peers to focus their efforts on pushing for a right to live independently, and not a right to die, as the House of Lords prepares to debate a “dangerous” and “incoherent” bill that would […]
Disabled campaigners have called on those who oppose the legalisation of assisted suicide to “shout louder” about their opposition, after doctors voted by a tiny margin to move to a position of neutrality on the issue. Representatives of doctors and medical […]
A world-leading scientist, given just two years to live four years ago, has told parliamentarians that his success in harnessing cutting-edge technology to secure his own right to live – and even to “thrive” – completely undermines calls to legalise assisted […]
Four leading disabled campaigners – a scientist, an academic, a consultant and a peer – have explained to parliamentarians why proposals to legalise assisted suicide would put disabled people’s lives at risk. All four told a meeting of the all-party parliamentary […]
Disabled activists have warned that the latest bid to persuade parliament to legalise assisted suicide is a threat to their “lives, independence and peace of mind”. The latest attempt to force a law change is being led by the crossbench peer […]