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Disabled activists raise concerns over MPs’ assisted suicide inquiry

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Human Rights

Disabled activists raise concerns over MPs’ assisted suicide inquiry
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Disabled activists have raised fears that they may not be asked to give evidence in public at a high-profile Commons inquiry into legalising assisted suicide. The health and social care committee began taking oral evidence this week, hearing from four peers […]

Peers accused of hijacking health bill to try to force through assisted suicide

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Politics

Peers accused of hijacking health bill to try to force through assisted suicide
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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] […]

Concern as former Tory minister bids to legalise assisted suicide by hijacking health bill

By John Pring on 13th January 2022 Category: Human Rights

Concern as former Tory minister bids to legalise assisted suicide by hijacking health bill
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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 […]

Peer ‘makes new bid for assisted suicide legalisation’ through health and care bill

By John Pring on 6th January 2022 Category: Politics

Peer ‘makes new bid for assisted suicide legalisation’ through health and care bill
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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 […]

New bid to legalise assisted suicide ‘threatens disabled people’s lives and independence’

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New bid to legalise assisted suicide ‘threatens disabled people’s lives and independence’
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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 […]

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