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Pages tagged "UK"


Liz Carr: not so silent witness

Dec 04, 2014
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On International Day of People with Disability, Hannah Dunleavy speaks to writer, actress and funny woman Liz Carr about Silent Witness, the Right to Die and the perceived value of disabled people in the UK. This article forst appeared in The Standard Issue Magazine on the 3rd of December. There's a point during our interview, when Liz Carr talks about what her teenage self thought her life might be and what her life actually is now.It's not a saccharine or punch the sky moment; it just is. She lives independently, in London, she's got a partner, she's on the telly, she travels, she's happy. Continue reading

New UK Poll reveals right-to-die concerns

Nov 06, 2014
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Campaigners against "right-to-die" legislation, who commissioned the research, urged peers to recognise voters' fears about the move and throw out the plans when they are debated tomorrow. Proposals by Labour ex-justice secretary Lord Falconer, which would offer the chance of assisted dying to terminally ill patients deemed mentally capable and within six months of likely death, were the subject of a marathon debate in the House of Lords in July.Among backers were former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey who shocked many by declaring he had reversed his opposition - but the issue remains highly controversial and is set to provoke further fierce discussion. Continue reading

UK Assisted Suicide Bill #3 Why Lord Carey is wrong

Jul 15, 2014
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  The UK House of Lords will debate Lord Falconer's assisted suicide bill this Friday the 18th of July.This is the third in a series of three blog posts about the debate. Continue reading

UK Assisted Suicide Bill #2 Patients may have years - even decades to live!

Jul 15, 2014
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The UK House of Lords will debate Lord Falconer's assisted suicide bill this Friday the 18th of July. This is the second in a series of three blog posts about the debate.UK: Assisted Suicide Bill: "Eligible" Patients May Have Years, Even Decades, to Live. Continue reading

UK Assisted Suicide Bill #1 Desmond Tutu

Jul 15, 2014
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The UK House of Lords will debate Lord Falconer's assisted suicide bill this Friday the 18th of July. This is the first in a series fo three blog posts about the debate.Earlier we also posted an article from a UK Newspaper where Prof Boer, a Dutch former supporter of euthanasia now admits that he got it wrong and urges the UK not to follow the Dutch path. You can read that story HERE. Continue reading

Why the backers of assisted dying keep trying

Jun 12, 2014
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This assessment of the Falconer Bill being debated in the UK House of Lords at the moment first appeared on the website :Catholic Voices Continue reading

Assisted dying plan like telling disabled 'it's not worth being alive' - Tanni Grey-Thompson

Jun 06, 2014
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Tanni Grey-Thompson A number of prominent disability activists in the UK have been warning in the British media over the last few days that Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill is dangerous and puts people at risk.This includes nine-time paralympian and holder of 11 paralympic gold medals and now British Peer, Tanni Grey-Thompson in a recent article in the Continue reading

"There are no possible safeguards that would protect vulnerable, sick and elderly people." Baroness Sheila Hollins

Jun 06, 2014
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Lord Falconer's assisted dying bill was introduced into the British House of Lords overnight. This insightful reflection in by Baroness Sheila Hollins, British Peer and former president of both the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Psychiatrists first appeared in the Continue reading

Why was Nitschke let into the UK?

Jun 26, 2013
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UK CareNotKilling director,  Dr Peter Saunders asks why UK authorities let Dr. Nitschke into the country for a series of suicide workshops: Continue reading

Why legalising assisted suicide for anyone at all will inevitably lead to incremental extension

Jul 09, 2012
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  By Peter Saunders CareNotKilling UK  Continue reading

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