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assisted suicide
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People suffering from anorexia could be endangered by assisted suicide laws, a health charity has warned ahead of today’s first vote on MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Health experts from the charity Eat Breathe Thrive, which helps people with eating disorders, have warned that…
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Assisted suicide, if legalised, will save the British state almost £60 million annually after ten years, a “brutal” impact assessment predicts ahead of an expected vote on legislation in Parliament next week. Last Friday, Whitehall published an impact assessment of MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill. SPUC slammed the “brutal…
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Scottish First Minister John Swinney says he will vote against MSP Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide bill for Scotland, set to be debated and voted on next week at Stage 1.
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A retired chief coroner has warned that MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill could lead to potential murders not being investigated, in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), raising more concerns about a lack of safeguards. Leadbeater’s bill, if legalised, could lead to potential murders not being…
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MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill breaches the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a top lawyer has said after reviewing the draft law, set to be voted on by MPs on 16 May.
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A Whitehall cost analysis of MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is set to conclude today that it will save the NHS money by expediting the deaths of patients said to have six months left to live. SPUC slammed the impact assessment as “brutal arithmetic that lacks compassion and humanity”.…
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MPs appear to be swinging away from supporting Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, polling shows, though many who remain undecided could still vote in favour of it later this month.
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The amendments put forward by those on the Committee opposed to assisted suicide were, in effect, a list of the dangers posed by this bill; crucial safeguards which are missing from the bill.
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A YouGov poll has found that over half of Britons fear that vulnerable people will be pressured into ending their lives if assisted suicide is legalised in the UK. 56 per cent of the British public fear that it is likely that people would opt for assisted suicide because they…
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A pensioner who planned assisted suicide at Dignitas after being told he had just six months to live later found out that he was not terminally ill and “would have died unnecessarily”. Peter Sefton-Williams, 72, a retired journalist, was given just six months to live after being diagnosed with Motor…
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SPUC urges Scots to lobby MSPs against “dangerous” assisted suicide bill, vote expected in two weeks
SPUC is urging Scots to speak to their MSPs to warn against the threat posed by Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide bill, with a first vote now expected on 13 May.
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Disabled people are “absolutely terrified” by proposed assisted suicide laws, Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson told a Westminster event this week before another vote on MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
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Today, 17th April 2025, SPUC delivered its “YES to our hospices, NO to assisted suicide” postcard petition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer at No. 10 Downing Street. The petition was signed by 9,272 people.
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A Canadian man who was injured in a workplace accident, and then denied surgery, which he begged for, has been granted Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) on request. “Today I received a photo and post from a Dr friend of mine, who pointed out the most wild case of MAiD…
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson spoke at SPUC’s Lives Worth Living event in Middlesbrough last Friday to warn against MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill that threatens disabled people. Baroness Grey-Thompson, one of the greatest Paralympians of all time, amassed 11 gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in the wheelchair…