Oct 28, 2021
As someone with a progressive condition herself, Baroness Jane Campbell writes in The Guardian that she can sympathise with those who support the assisted suicide bill out of fear of pain and suffering. She writes, “I’ve been close to death many times because my...
Oct 28, 2021
Last week, Melanie McDonagh wrote in The Spectator that there are no safeguards when it comes to assisted suicide and euthanasia. After listening to Baroness Meacher’s interview on BBC radio Today, in which she admitted that while some old people may want to die...
Oct 26, 2021
Dr. Carol Davis, a palliative care consultant and senior lecturer at the University of Southampton, writes of the dangerous implications of legalising assisted suicide in Unheard. Dr. Davis reveals that the legalisation of assisted suicide has been detrimental to...
Oct 26, 2021
This week, several palliative medicine doctors and academics have written to The Times of their concern regarding the Meacher Bill and its aim to legalise assisted suicide. Signatories include Dr Carol Davis, a consultant in palliative medicine at University Hospital...
Oct 22, 2021
The Assisted Dying Bill proceeded from its Second Reading in the House of Lords today – in spite of over 60 Peers speaking to oppose the Bill – as is convention. It is the accepted custom of the House of Lords for Bills to move to Committee Stage without a...
Oct 21, 2021
On Monday we asked the campaign group promoting Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill to join us in discouraging demonstrations outside Parliament during tomorrow’s Lords debate. This is because the issue particularly affects elderly and disabled people who are at...
