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…
#UnitedKingdom #UK #Europe #EU #assisteddeath #assisteddyingbill #GreatBritain #LabourMPKimLeadbeater #palliativecare #terminallyilladults #ukparliament
https://www.europesays.com/2178545/
Let me repeat, "Some people with #disabilities & mental Illness reported that they didn’t ask about #AssistedDeath but that it was proposed to them" Imagine you are in pain, in poverty, isolated & struggling. You need #help. You are offered #death. By your #doctor. Do you say yes or no? #Cripocalyse
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My mother, Dr Sarah Traister Moskovitz, died on 1 September 2024 through Medical Aid in Dying (MAID). It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever witnessed. She was 97. This is the story of how she came to end her own life.
Just listening to the #AssistedDying debate in the #HouseOfCommons
There’s powerful speakers on both sides.
Actor and Disability Rights Activist Liz Carr Speaks Out Against Legalizing Assisted Death in the US, ‘They Think It’s Better to Be Dead Than to Be Disabled’
#Variety #News #Politics #AssistedDeath #Euthanasia #LizCarr
https://variety.com/2024/politics/news/liz-carr-assisted-death-in-the-us-1236176544/
Looking for a cure?
#LizCarr has stepped away from acting to advocate against the legalization of assisted suicide. Her latest #documentary, "Better Off Dead?", explores the implications of such laws, focusing on how they endanger disabled individuals.
Travelling to Canada, Carr investigates the effects of permissive assisted suicide laws. There not only the terminally ill can opt for a medically assisted death. This practice is even extended to those facing social deprivation, presenting a grave ethical dilemma.
In Britain, Carr meets with staunch opponents, including Baroness Jane Campbell, who shares a personal story of having a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ order placed on her without consent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G_xF4dvS-U
https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=-G_xF4dvS-U
#disability #eugenism #assistedDeath #assistedSuicide #suicide #Canada #normal #normality #conformance #conformation #ethics #sociology #queer #medecine #activism #militants #choice #euthanasia #depression #mentalHealth #disabilityRights #handicap
Catholic Church challenging Quebec MAID law in court on religious freedom grounds
The lawsuit says the Catholic Church should be exempted from a section of the law requiring all palliative care homes in the province to offer medical assistance in dying.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #AssistedDeath #CatholicChurch
https://globalnews.ca/news/10276061/quebec-assisted-dying-catholic-church-lawsuit/
Catholic Church challenging Quebec MAID law in court on religious freedom grounds
The lawsuit says the Catholic Church should be exempted from a section of the law requiring all palliative care homes in the province to offer medical assistance in dying.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #AssistedDeath #CatholicChurch
https://globalnews.ca/news/10276061/quebec-assisted-dying-catholic-church-lawsuit/
Catholic Church challenging Quebec MAID law in court on religious freedom grounds
The lawsuit says the Catholic Church should be exempted from a section of the law requiring all palliative care homes in the province to offer medical assistance in dying.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #AssistedDeath #CatholicChurch
https://globalnews.ca/news/10276061/quebec-assisted-dying-catholic-church-lawsuit/
Liberals say Canada not ready to expand assisted dying eligibility https://ap236.com/Z4uZzq #MAID #AssistedDeath #MentalHealth #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli
This week, @xtinadlr writes about endings. Appropriate for the end of the year, but a heavy topic nonetheless. How can we work towards better endings, for ourselves and for others? What can we do to support people through the ends of their existences? How can we begin to think through this thorny moral issue?
https://www.solarpunkpresents.com/blog/some-thoughts-on-better-endings
#solarpunk #alzheimers #assistedSuicide #AssistedDeath #Dying #OldAge #EndOfLife #blog #morality #ethics #MAID #MedicalAssistanceInDying #MedicalAssistance #death #dignity #dignity4all
The Govt of Jersey has published its #AssistedDying consultation feedback report: https://www.gov.je/Government/Pages/StatesReports.aspx?ReportID=5673
My response to the consultation, which the feedback report cites on various issues, is available here: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10162815/
@UCLLaws #AssistedDeath #HealthLaw
This is an extremely disturbing article about how MAID is being practiced in Canada currently. I am a big supporter of MAID but the lack of protocols for people with mental illness or poverty is completely unacceptable. #assisteddeath #mentalhealth #poverty https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/no-other-options
Canada prepares to expand assisted death amid debate https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-prepares-expand-assisted-death-amid-debate-2022-12-11/ #ASSISTEDDEATH/(GRAPHICS,PIX) #CANADA
Things are going very, very wrong with MaID in Canada. MaID should never be “offered.” MaID is not a cost-saving measure for an underfunded health system. MaID is not an alternative to providing needed medical and social support. Implementing MaID in a setting where other human rights are replaced with a right to die is a slow motion disaster. #bioethics #MedicalEthics #assisteddeath #ableism https://nationalpost.com/opinion/our-veterans-ask-for-help-theyre-offered-assisted-death
Interesting how in #Crowter (on #abortion) and Nicklinson the argument that disabled people perceive law to ‘send a message’ about the value of their lives cuts little ice. Yet same argument is v influential in Parliamentary discussion of #AssistedDeath.
https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/crowter-v-secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care-2/
Assisted Dying Is Now Legal in All Australian States https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkpj4z/assisted-dying-legal-in-australia #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #assisteddeath #Australia #worldnews #suicide
