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Kim Leadbeater admits that assisted suicide criteria could be expanded in future if legalised
MP Kim Leadbeater has admitted for the first time that the eligibility criteria of her proposed assisted suicide bill could be expanded in the future. “That could happen”, she confessed on LBC on 21 March. Challenged by LBC’s Natasha Clark on whether the proposed law would create a “slippery slope”,…
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Euthanasia surged by 17% in Belgium in 2024 and killed one child
Almost 4,000 people were killed by euthanasia in Belgium in 2024, a rise of nearly 17% in twelve months, according to official statistics showing that a minor (aged under 18) was also killed, bringing the total of euthanised children since 2014 to six. There were 3,991 euthanasia cases in Belgium…
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GPs in revolt after Royal College decision to go “neutral” on assisted suicide
Over 250 GPs have signed a letter to The Times condemning their Royal College’s decision to adopt a neutral position on assisted suicide as “grossly misrepresentative of GPs’ attitudes to assisted dying”.
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Labour MP Naz Shah forced to leave assisted suicide committee early “because of disability” exposes “shocking lack of empathy for disabled people”, says SPUC
Labour MP Naz Shah was forced to leave fellow MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide committee yesterday because her hearing aids ran out of charge after 15 hours of use. Shaz had raised her disability needs “repeatedly” before.
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Assisted Suicide: A threat to the vulnerable?
Why do people support a change in the law on assisted suicide? According to Professor David Albert Jones, director of the Anscombe Centre for Bioethics in Oxford, the most common reasons are; avoiding a bad death involving pain, allowing choice, and to provide safeguards for something which is already happening.
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Health Secretary warns that patients will be “coerced” into assisted suicide because of poor end-of-life care
Wes Streeting, the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, worries that legalising assisted suicide in the UK will cause patients to “take their own life thinking they were a burden on others”.
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Assisted suicide: A peace shattered
Terry has always been opposed to assisted suicide. He is passionate about protecting the weakest members of our society both before birth and at the end of life. But when his mum Julie, 66, became seriously ill in January 2024, Terry became even more fearful about a change in the…
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BBC documentary to expose dangers of assisted suicide for the disabled
Liz Carr, a noted disability rights campaigner, is to write and present a BBC documentary on the dangers of assisted suicide.