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Media Advisory: Acclaimed 2024 BBC Documentary “Better Off Dead?” To Be Screened Twice in Washington, D.C.

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Award Winning English Actress and International Disability Rights Activist Liz Carr to Appear Washington – Many are familiar seeing Liz Carr in various television and streaming roles (BBC: Silent Witness, Prime Video: Good Omens, Netflix: The Witcher, Marvel’s Loki: Disney +) and the Big Screen (Infinite), but in her documentary “Better Off Dead?” she goes … Continue reading Media Advisory: Acclaimed 2024 BBC Documentary “Better Off Dead?” To Be Screened Twice in Washington, D.C. →

Not Dead Yet UK Warns About Lord Falconer’s Aim to Legalize Assisted Suicide

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[Dated July 27, 2024] Yesterday, Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Charlie Falconer) introduced a Private Members Bill (there’s an explanation of what they are here) to make it legal to assist people who are terminally ill to die. As a group of disability rights campaigners, Not Dead Yet UK are deeply concerned about this course of … Continue reading Not Dead Yet UK Warns About Lord Falconer’s Aim to Legalize Assisted Suicide →

Not Dead Yet UK Earns Media Coverage In “Big Issue”

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Our good friends at Not Dead Yet UK got some significant coverage including photos in the Big Issue publication last month. Big Issue Group describes itself as media and other “initiatives under a shared mission to create innovative solutions through enterprise, to unlock social and economic opportunity for the millions of people in the UK … Continue reading Not Dead Yet UK Earns Media Coverage In “Big Issue” →

Great Op-Ed By NDY UK Founder Baroness Jane Campbell

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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 →

Important News From NDY UK: Noel Conway Loses His Assisted Suicide Court Case

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Looking at the picture of Noel Conway wearing a breathing mask like mine in today’s Guardian article “Terminally ill Noel Conway loses challenge to assisted dying ban“, I can’t help but feel a profound sense of relief. I acknowledge that acquiring a progressive neuromuscular disability later in life as Conway did is different than growing up with … Continue reading Important News From NDY UK: Noel Conway Loses His Assisted Suicide Court Case →