UK lawmakers to vote on assisted ‘End of Life’ Bill for terminally ill adults today
In a transformative step towards social policy change years after breakthrough legislation was made through legalisation of abortion…
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https://www.europesays.com/2178545/
MPs have voted to stop doctors suggesting assisted dying to under-18s — a welcome safeguard.
But many of the bill's original protections have already been removed, raising fears of coercion, rushed decisions and abuse.
Vox Political supports assisted dying with proper safeguards.
This bill no longer guarantees them.
Read our full analysis and what you can do before the next debate on June 20:
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98599
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Dave Brown's #RoguesGallery after #Goya @Independent on #Starmer #Farage #Immigration #ReturnHubs #IslandOfStrangers #ReformUK #AssistedDyingBill – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Important warnings by the Royal College of Psychiatrists on the UK Assisted Dying Blll, currently in the formative stages in parliament.
If you are a UK citizen, write to your MP and make them aware of the issues.
Quotes:
UMMET NEEDS: "There should be a requirement for a holistic assessment of unmet need: Treatable needs such as intolerable pain, financial hardship and inadequate care or housing can make a person want to die. Yet the Bill makes no provision to assess unmet needs at any stage, nor consult others involved in the person’s care or life."
LACK OF QUALIFIED STAFF: "There are not enough consultant psychiatrists to do what the Bill asks: As things currently stand, mental health services simply do not have the resource required to meet a new range of demands."
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The UK's assisted dying bill may be well-intentioned, but the way it is being developed in the final parliamentary stages is worrying.
There are good arguments for giving a person a free choice on ending their life.
In practice, there will be people who are suffering because of lack of care and who want to escape their suffering. They should be offered proper care in life, not an exit from life.
And there will be many who will come under pressure from their family or doctors to just go. Those cases will be impossible to identify.
People with disabilities will be particularly exposed to these risks.
They may ask to die, simply because they are unsupported in life.
The drafting of the new bill ignores all these concerns.
If you are a UK citizen, write to your MP and explain your concens.
An important piece by #LucyWebster on how disability issues are ignored in the draft UK #AssistedDyingBill.
#AssistedDying #disabilities #euthanasia
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/14/assisted-dying-bill-disabled-people-parliament
Scottish Politics:Assisted Dying Bill
Morten Morland @mortenmorland on #AssistedDyingBill #AssistedDying @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
outstanding. via bluesky
very much like how my mother died
Arguments you will hear MPs make against voting for the assisted dying bill tomorrow:
1. It's a slippery slope
That's a logical fallacy. They're not voting on what may or may not happen 10 years from now, they're voting on the current bill. If someone tries to amend it later, they'll get another vote.
The Assisted Dying Bill – prayers
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”
Genesis 48.21-22
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https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/moral-matters/the-assisted-dying-bill-prayers/
RT by @CarolineLucas: The words we use are so very important.
Dying people want to live. And they want to have autonomy at the very end.
This is NOT about suicide. The title of the bill: Terminally Ill Adults end of life bill.
#AssistedDying #AssistedDyingBill
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Morten Morland on #AssistedDyingBill #AssistedDying @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.co
RT by @CarolineLucas: Thank you to all the signatories on this excellent letter which has been published in the Observer this morning. It includes the former Lord Chancellor, two former DPPs, many KCs and senior legal professionals #AssistedDying #AssistedDyingBill #LetUsChoose
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“‘You don’t think you’ve had enough, do you?’ he said.
‘I KNOW EXACTLY WHEN I’VE HAD ENOUGH.’
‘Everyone says that, though.’
“I KNOW WHEN EVERYONE’S HAD ENOUGH.’”
Terry Pratchett; Moving Pictures
#Discworld #AssistedDyingBill #FinalChoice
