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MPs hear opposition to assisted suicide from disabled activists

By John Pring on 17th July 2015 Category: Human Rights

MPs hear opposition to assisted suicide from disabled activists
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MPs have been warned by a prominent activist that legalising assisted suicide would mean that some disabled people would die as a result of “exploitation and abuse”. The user-led organisation Not Dead Yet UK held a lobby of MPs this week […]

Activists claim Lib Dem’s suicide pledge is ‘deadly discrimination’

By John Pring on 30th January 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Human Rights, News Archive

Activists claim Lib Dem’s suicide pledge is ‘deadly discrimination’
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The Liberal Democrats have been accused of “deadly discrimination”, after they failed to pledge that their new target of “zero suicides in the NHS” would also apply to terminally-ill people. Disabled activists campaigning against the legalisation of assisted suicide were initially […]

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