The Government should be helping people to live – not die through assisted suicide The Telegraph Baroness Campbell 26 May 2021 Today a Bill to legalise assisted suicide is being presented in Parliament. Such a change has been considered many times in the past but has always been rejected for the same reasons. Despite what the propaganda … Continue reading Great Op-Ed By NDY UK Founder Baroness Jane Campbell
(The picture at the right is of disability activists in the UK. Most in the picture are using wheelchairs. Several are holding signs. There are two signs that can be read. One says “You cut our money – you cut our lifeline;” and the other says “Increased poverty/Increased disability”). Not Dead Yet UK has launched … Continue reading Not Dead Yet UK Launches “The Resistance Campaign”
From The Telegraph: In a submission to a consultation on relaxing the rules on assisted suicide – which ends today – a coaliton of five disabled groups, said that “to see suicide as the right solution is to abandon hope. Severely ill and terminally ill people do no deserve society to give up on them.” … Continue reading UK: Disability Coalition Blasts Plan to Relax Prosecution of Suicide “Assistance”
I’m late getting to this one. Last month BMJ published an editorial by Deputy Editor Tony Delamothe titled “Assisted Dying: what’s disability got to do with it?“ Here’s his intro: The debate on assisted dying has been hijacked by disabled people who want to live. It needs to be reclaimed for terminally ill people who … Continue reading BMJ Editor Says He Doesn’t “Get” Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide – Is He Really That Stupid or Just a Liar?
There’s good news and bad news. I can provide the link to the debate on Lord Falconer’s bill on extending immunity to people who accompany family members to Switzerland to commit suicide at a Dignitas facility. The bad news is this: It’s a continous videostream of the entire 7.5 hours of debate in the House … Continue reading Video Link to July 7 Debate on Falconer Bill (Swiss Suicide Immunity)
