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

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

  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

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

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

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

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