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.”
The group, which is lead by Baroness Campbell, accused others who were pushing for the change as “seeking to change the law by the back door by creating the impression that those who assist in a suicide will be immune from prosecution”.
(Note on article – the headline is misleading, making the claim that the “disabled should not be able to kill themselves.” The actual statement is about the actions of family members and friends who facilitate and encourage the suicides of people with disabilities. People who are intent on killing themselves will find a way to do so. Many thousands do so each year – in the US alone.)
Hopefully, the submission document will be available in the near future – either as a document that can be posted here or linked to wherever site it is posted to. –Stephen Drake