Lord Falconer's ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ effectively places doctors above the law
Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill, which aims to legalise assisted suicide for mentally competent adults with less than six months to live, had its first reading in the House of Lords in the UK last...
View ArticleLeft Wing UK Party opposes assisted suicide
"In the current social context in which this debate is taking place, the case to change our current law has not been made."
View ArticleFalconer assisted suicide bill to be tabled in UK next week
Lord Falconer has finally announced that his long awaited assisted suicide bill will be tabled in the House of Lords next week on Wednesday 15 May.
View ArticleDebating Assisted Suicide: 'Contempt for life with disability surrounds us'
Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick OBE talks about assisted suicide and the abandonment of people with disability.
View ArticleCare Not Killing Alliance: Falconer bill is a recipe for the abuse of elderly...
On the eve of the debate on the UK's latest assisted suicide bill, this summary of the opposition case from Peter Saunders.
View ArticleBaroness Jane Campbell makes case against assisted suicide in the House of...
Baroness Jane Campbell of Surbiton, disability advocate, convenor of NotDeadYet UK and British Peer argued brilliantly in the House of Lords recently against any relaxation of guidelines on...
View ArticleAssisted Dying will turn into a lethal weapon
The public backs euthanasia. But before we empower doctors to kill we should understand where it might lead.
View Article"It is a Bill for the strong at the expense of the weak" Baroness Jane Campbell
"(i)t is impossible to create clear blue water between disability and terminal illness and as regards how many months until one might die."
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