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NDY UK Intervenes in Noel Conway Assisted Suicide Case

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NDY UK’s Press Release on the July 17 court proceeding includes a powerful statement on the issues from a disability rights perspective. www.notdeadyetuk.org ********PRESS RELEASE: 16 JULY 2017 @ 14:00 ******** __________________________________ DISABLED AND TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE INTERVENE TO STOP NEW ATTEMPT TO LEGALISE ASSISTED SUICIDE Lawyers acting for Not Dead Yet UK will go … Continue reading NDY UK Intervenes in Noel Conway Assisted Suicide Case →

NDY UK Issues Statement on Assisted Suicide Case Brought By Man with ALS

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[Editor’s Note: NDY USA was honored many years ago when Jane Campbell asked if she could start NDY UK. Our sister organization has done incredible work. Here they share their reaction to the case of Noel Conway, a man with motor neuron disease, aka ALS.] NOT DEAD YET UK STATEMENT ON MR NOEL CONWAY’S LEGAL … Continue reading NDY UK Issues Statement on Assisted Suicide Case Brought By Man with ALS →

UK House of Lords Debating “Assisted Dying” Bill on January 16th – Join the “Thunderclap” to Voice Your Opposition

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On January 16th, the House of Lords in the UK will be debating Lord Falconer’s “Assisted Dying” bill yet again. (We all know that the term “assisted dying” is crock; and is only being pushed by advocates of assisted suicide because the public reacts more favorably to the term than anything using the word “suicide.”) … Continue reading UK House of Lords Debating “Assisted Dying” Bill on January 16th – Join the “Thunderclap” to Voice Your Opposition →

UK: Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Appeal Dismissed By Court

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From www.politics.co.uk: Supreme court judges have dismissed a bid to effectively make euthanasia legal in the UK, after months of deliberating behind the scenes. A majority of the panel of nine judges upheld the decision of the high court that existing laws preventing doctors from assisting with suicides do not infringe the rights to privacy … Continue reading UK: Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Appeal Dismissed By Court →