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Many terminally-ill people would feel “duress” and “pressure” to choose an assisted suicide if it is legalised, because of the lack of funding for the NHS, palliative care and social care services, a disabled activist has told MPs and peers. Liz […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have united in opposition to attempts to legalise assisted suicide, after months of being excluded from parliamentary discussions. In an open letter, DPOs from across England and Wales have declared opposition to the bill and are protesting […]
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 […]
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 […]
Disabled people with progressive and terminal conditions have come to parliament to “plead for our lives” in front of MPs and peers, as a bill to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales finishes a key stage in the Commons. They […]
Disabled activists have pledged to continue the fight against the legalisation of assisted suicide, despite MPs voting comfortably in favour of a bill that would allow it to be introduced in England and Wales. The vote, by 330 MPs in favour […]
Disabled actor and activist Liz Carr has described her hopes that her BBC1 documentary about assisted suicide will finally explain the dangers of legalisation to a mainstream audience. Better Off Dead?, to be broadcast on Tuesday (14 May) at 9pm, sees […]
Disabled activists protesting outside parliament have spoken of their horror at the government releasing new plans to cut disability benefits on the same day MPs were debating the idea of legalising assisted suicide. There are fears that yet more cuts to […]
Labour has re-affirmed its commitment to making time for MPs to “have a final say” on whether assisted suicide should be legalised, just as disabled activists were protesting about the idea outside parliament. MPs were discussing a parliamentary petition set up […]
Campaigners have written to the BBC to express the “outpouring of hurt and distress” felt by disabled people over its decision to broadcast a disabled-led drama that mirrored years of deeply damaging government rhetoric about benefit cheats. The Real Deal (pictured) […]