Dignity in Dying

Human Rights

Two women in wheelchairs in front of a series of white gravestones erected outside the Royal Courts of Justice

June 28, 2018 0

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 legalise assisted suicide. They spoke out after three senior judges yesterday (Wednesday) rejected the judicial review brought by Noel Conway, who is terminally-ill with motor neurone disease. Conway had wanted the court to find that the Suicide Act –

Activism and Campaigning

Seven people on a stage, with Juliet Marlow in a wheelchair far right, in front of a screen that says Choice at the end of life

February 15, 2018 0

Anger over Royal Society’s ‘love fest for euthanasia’ conference

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Disabled activists have attacked the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) for hosting a conference on “choice at the end of life” that was little more than a “love fest for euthanasia”. RSM said before the event that the conference would “question whether or not assisted dying is complementary or contradictory to the notion of

Human Rights

Liz Carr holds up a sign saying Assisted suicide is not the solution, next to a man holding a sign saying don't give doctors a licence to kill, in front of other protesters

February 1, 2018 0

Concern over balance of major end-of-life conference

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Disabled campaigners have raised concerns that a major conference on “end of life choice” – being organised by the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) – appears to be tilted in favour of speakers who want to legalise assisted suicide. Of speakers lined up to speak at the conference who have previously expressed their views

Activism and Campaigning

Baroness Campbell, in her wheelchair in the centre of a richly-decorated room

July 27, 2017 0

Activists fighting ‘assisted suicide’ laws now need ‘hard facts’ for battle ahead

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Disabled activists will need to seek out more “hard facts” if they want to fight off the continuing threat of efforts to persuade the courts to legalise assisted suicide, according to a crossbench peer. Baroness [Jane] Campbell spoke out after the campaign group of disabled people she founded, Not Dead Yet UK (NDY UK),

Activism and Campaigning

Two female wheelchair-users hold placards saying 'assisted suicide is not the solution'

July 13, 2017 0

Activists set for ‘David and Goliath’ fight to defeat assisted suicide court bid

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A group of disabled activists – led by a crossbench peer – are to intervene in a legal case for the first time next week, in a bid to persuade three high court judges not to weaken the law to allow assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet UK (NDY UK), a campaign group of disabled

Human Rights

Campaigners with placards from Not Dead Yet UK, protesting about plans to legalise assisted suicide outside parliament

June 12, 2015

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Peer admits real reason he thinks terminally-ill people should be helped to die

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The most prominent cheerleader for the legalisation of assisted suicide has admitted that he believes the real reason the law needs changing is to help people who cannot tolerate the idea of losing their independence. Lord Falconer, who for several years has led failed parliamentary attempts to secure legislation, said the law needed to

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Relief after court rejects latest assisted suicide legal bid and highlights law change dangers

Anger over Royal Society’s ‘love fest for euthanasia’ conference

Concern over balance of major end-of-life conference

Activists fighting ‘assisted suicide’ laws now need ‘hard facts’ for battle ahead

Activists set for ‘David and Goliath’ fight to defeat assisted suicide court bid

Peer admits real reason he thinks terminally-ill people should be helped to die