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Articles tagged with: Assisted Dying
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By Dignity in Dying
Assisted Dying Bill progresses with majority of speakers in favour; Lord Field, Baroness Davidson among Peers declaring change of mind on issue
Veteran Ex-MP Frank Field Announces He Is Terminally Ill While Backing The Assisted Dying Bill
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Veteran Ex-MP Frank Field Announces He Is Terminally Ill While Backing The Assisted Dying Bill
Frank Field — who served as MP for Birkenhead for 40 years — announced today that he is dying while voicing his support for the Assisted Dying Bill.
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By Dignity in Dying
The House of Lords today has the opportunity to fix a broken, outdated and unsafe law
The debate on Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill today provides Peers with a rare opportunity to progress legislation that is popular, safe and compassionate.
If we’re serious about protecting vulnerable people, we need a new assisted dying law
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By Baroness Meacher
If we’re serious about protecting vulnerable people, we need a new assisted dying law
The purpose of my Assisted Dying Bill, which will be debated at Second Reading tomorrow, is to give dying adults a safeguarded choice to control the timing and manner of their imminent death.
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Assisted Dying Bill: Second Reading debate in House of Lords Photo Call
Photo call: Friday 22nd October 2021 from 9am, George V Statue, Old Palace Yard, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JY.
It is time for us to respect public opinion and end the indignity of our current laws on assisted dying Partner content
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By My Death, My Decision
It is time for us to respect public opinion and end the indignity of our current laws on assisted dying
Proposals to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill – those expected to have less than six months to live – are being debated in the House of Lords this week. This debate is welcome, and I shall support Lady Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill.
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By My Death, My Decision
It's time to speak up on assisted dying
The suffering of people with incurable medical conditions can be as severe as those with terminal illnesses. So why should their end of life choices not be the same?
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By Dignity in Dying
Hundreds of terminally ill Brits take their own lives in UK each year, latest estimates suggest
Assist disabled people to choose life, not death
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By Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
Assist disabled people to choose life, not death
Next week, the House of Lords will debate Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill. It is, in fact, an Assisted Suicide Bill.

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Why Peers should reject the Assisted Dying Bill
Legalising assisted dying is the wrong answer to the right question. Let's change the debate to focus on quality palliative care instead.
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By Dignity in Dying
Voters in both Red Wall and Blue Wall united in support for assisted dying
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By Dignity in Dying
Disability rights campaigner, palliative care doctor, Rabbi and Imam speak out in support of assisted dying law, as Lords and Holyrood prepare to debate prospective legislation
A disability rights campaigner, a palliative care doctor, a rabbi and an imam yesterday (Wednesday 7 July 2021) addressed the All Party Parliamentary Group on Choice at the End of Life, calling on cross-party MPs and Peers to support a change in the law on assisted dying.
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There are better ways of caring for the most vulnerable than assisted suicide
Legalising assisted suicide would go against the extraordinary efforts over the past 18 months to protect human life.
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By Dignity in Dying
Jersey Citizen’s Jury calls for assisted dying law, as soaring public support for change revealed in Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man
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Assisted Dying Bill introduced to Scottish Parliament
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By Dignity in Dying
Liberal Judaism, Modern Church join new Religious Alliance for Dignity in Dying
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Assisted Dying: Private Member’s Bill First Reading due in Lords
Sets in motion first debate on prospective legislation for more than five years
The Assisted Dying Bill will give dying people control at the end of their lives
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By Baroness Meacher
The Assisted Dying Bill will give dying people control at the end of their lives
Each of us has an idea of what we would find unbearable at the end of our life. All I ask is that we can decide for ourselves: is this level of suffering bearable for me?
Suicide is not something to be encouraged or assisted
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By Baroness Finlay
Suicide is not something to be encouraged or assisted
It may sound compassionate to embed assisted dying practices within health care. But it’s also dangerous.
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By Dignity in Dying
House of Lords due to debate assisted dying Private Member’s Bill for first time in more than 5 years
An assisted dying bill is due to be debated in the House of Lords later this year – the first time a private member’s bill on the topic will be discussed in Westminster for more than five years.
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Prue Leith and senior medic agree time is now to review assisted dying ban
GBBO star and Emeritus Medical Director of Public Health England spoke out on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, days after Switzerland shuts its borders to the UK, making Dignitas impossible for dying Brits
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By Compassion in Dying
Compassion in Dying responds to the CQC interim report on the use of DNACPR decisions during the pandemic
Usha Grieve, Director of Information and Partnerships at Compassion in Dying, said:
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By Dignity in Dying
Health Secretary accepts need for more evidence on assisted dying, as lockdown removes Dignitas option for many dying Brits
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, has today (Thursday 5 November 2020) accepted the need for more evidence on the impact of the UK’s blanket ban on assisted dying, welcomed a conversation about this issue and suggested the Government has a role to play in gathering evidence on the scale of the problem.
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By Dignity in Dying
New Zealand to legalise assisted dying after overwhelming referendum victory
Interim results show huge margin of victory, with 65.2% of Kiwis supporting End of Life Choice Act