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Disabled peers plan to ‘amend, amend, amend, amend, amend’ after assisted dying bill reaches Lords

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Politics

Disabled peers plan to ‘amend, amend, amend, amend, amend’ after assisted dying bill reaches Lords
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The disabled peer who has led UK opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying for decades has pledged to work to make a bill passed by MPs so “tight” that only a very few people will be able to take advantage […]

This bill opens the door to scandal, abuse and injustice, disabled activists say after assisted dying bill vote

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

This bill opens the door to scandal, abuse and injustice, disabled activists say after assisted dying bill vote
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Disabled people’s lives will be increasingly in danger because of MPs’ failure to understand the risks posed by the assisted dying bill, devastated activists warned on Friday after the legislation was approved by the House of Commons. Disabled activists had started […]

Absence of disabled people’s voices from assisted dying bill has been ‘astonishing’, says disabled MP

By John Pring on 26th June 2025 Category: Human Rights

Absence of disabled people’s voices from assisted dying bill has been ‘astonishing’, says disabled MP
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Disabled MPs have voted overwhelmingly against the assisted dying bill, and warned that it poses a clear danger to disabled people if it eventually becomes law. Although the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill was passed by the Commons by […]

New figures show legalising assisted suicide is not safe, with government preparing to cut billions from benefits

By John Pring on 19th June 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New figures show legalising assisted suicide is not safe, with government preparing to cut billions from benefits
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Disabled activists say vital new polling shows that it is not safe to legalise assisted suicide when the government is preparing to cut billions of pounds a year from spending on disability benefits. The findings were released yesterday (Wednesday) on the […]

Disabled MP drops support for assisted dying bill over ‘broken’ social care and health services

By John Pring on 22nd May 2025 Category: Politics

Disabled MP drops support for assisted dying bill over ‘broken’ social care and health services
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A disabled MP has dropped his support for the assisted suicide bill, largely because of concerns that “broken” social care and palliative care services could push terminally-ill people into seeking an assisted death. Steve Darling told Disability News Service (DNS) this […]

Two terminally-ill women to complain to UN over passage of assisted dying bill through parliament

By John Pring on 15th May 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Two terminally-ill women to complain to UN over passage of assisted dying bill through parliament
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Two terminally-ill disabled women are to lodge a complaint with the United Nations that the passage of a private members’ bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide breaches the UN disability convention. Nicki Myers and Nicola Waters believe key aspects of […]

Shocked disabled campaigners vow to fight on after MSPs vote for Scottish assisted dying bill to progress

By John Pring on 15th May 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Shocked disabled campaigners vow to fight on after MSPs vote for Scottish assisted dying bill to progress
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Disabled campaigners say they are shocked, angry and “confounded” by a vote by the Scottish parliament in favour of legalising assisted suicide in Scotland, but they have vowed to keep fighting to defeat the proposals. Members of the Scottish parliament voted […]

‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths

By John Pring on 8th May 2025 Category: Human Rights

‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths
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A “sinister” government analysis of the impact of a bill to legalise assisted suicide suggests it could eventually save public bodies more than £100 million a year in health and social care costs, benefits and pensions. The figures – which the […]

Labour MP tells of suicide attempts and homelessness as she warns of assisted dying bill dangers

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Politics

Labour MP tells of suicide attempts and homelessness as she warns of assisted dying bill dangers
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A Labour MP has spoken of her own experience of suicide attempts and homelessness – and her mother’s imprisonment for killing an abusive partner – to warn of the risks the assisted suicide bill would pose to prisoners and homeless people. […]

Legalising assisted suicide would take us into ‘tiger country’, MP warns

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Politics

Legalising assisted suicide would take us into ‘tiger country’, MP warns
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A Liberal Democrat MP has warned that a bill that aims to legalise assisted suicide would take England and Wales into “tiger country” and let “tigers out into the wild”. Sarah Olney (pictured) was speaking as she attempted to persuade members […]

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