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What doctors told Peers

Resources
12 August, 2014

Ahead of the Falconer Bill’s second reading, key healthcare professionals’ groups issued strong statements reiterating: we can do better for our patients.

Lawyers denounce Bill

Articles
11 August, 2014

Regardless of views in principle, Lord Falconer’s Bill is ‘unsatisfactory’, say lawyers Khawar Qureshi QC and Catriona Nicol.

Locked-in syndrome sufferer graduates

Personal stories
8 August, 2014

Various media outlets have carried the story of Dawn Faizey Webster, who has completed a degree and written an autobiography since developing locked-in syndrome more than ten years ago

‘The law protected me’

Personal stories
8 August, 2014

Lucinda Hardy writes in support of her home state of Montana’s current laws, which protect disabled people – like her.

A warning from the Netherlands

Articles
30 July, 2014

For nine years a member of a Dutch Regional Review Committee, Prof Theo Boer’s experience of legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide saw him go from being a supporter of such legislation to concluding: ‘we were wrong – terribly wrong, in fact’.

Months – or years?

Resources
30 July, 2014

Those helped to kill themselves under Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill may have years to live

Getting to grips with Oregon

Resources
29 July, 2014

Don’t make Oregon’s mistake and legalise assisted suicide – ten reasons why the UK should not follow suit

Voices against ‘assisted dying’

Personal stories
25 July, 2014

The second reading of Lord Falconer’s Bill caused people from all walks of life to explain why Lord Falconer’s Bill would hurt them.

Physician-assisted Suicide: Some Reasons for Rejecting Lord Falconer’s Bill

Resources
25 July, 2014

A report by Professor John Keown of Georgetown University concerning the Assisted Dying Bill and its broader context

Falconer Bill: where we are now

Q&As
21 July, 2014

Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill received its second reading on Friday 18 July. Here’s what you need to know as we look forward.

‘Assisted dying’ & public opinion

Public opinion
18 July, 2014

Public support for Falconer’s ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill drops dramatically to just 43% when arguments against are heard

Living life to the full

Personal stories
17 July, 2014

Concert pianist Matthew Schellhorn considers the Assisted Dying Bill and talks about his experience of being a carer. ‘I am so glad I did not have to discuss the Assisted Dying Bill with my terminally ill mother’

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