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Assisted suicide and depression

Medical Opinion
4 July, 2014

Depression is normally a reversible condition, but campaigners regard suicidal tendencies in people with chronic or terminal illnesses not as symptomatic of depression but as a rational will to die

Comment: MPs don’t need to change the law on assisted suicide

Articles
4 July, 2014

Lawyer David Foster considers June’s Supreme Court ruling, and its implications

Care Not Killing welcomes Supreme Court judgement

Press Releases
25 June, 2014

‘The law in England and Wales remains unchanged, with the Court recognising that it exists to protect vulnerable, elderly and disabled people’

The threat to disabled people

Personal opinion
13 June, 2014

Baroness Campbell, noted disability rights campaigner, discusses the real threat posed to disabled people by the Falconer Bill, and why its passage would constitute ‘the triumph of despair over hope’

MPs denounce assisted suicide

Articles
13 June, 2014

MPs from all parties have expressed concern over the rising numbers of deaths under Washington state’s Oregon-inspired assisted suicide law.

Disabled leaders speak out

Letters
5 June, 2014

‘The Assisted Dying Bill devalues the lives of terminally ill and disabled people’

Scottish Bill Consultation

Submissions
23 May, 2014

Care Not Killing has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s call for evidence concerning the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. Have you?

Quick Briefing

Quick Overview
23 May, 2014

Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill

Celebrity mixed messaging

Articles
14 May, 2014

Richard & Judy’s euthanasia pact comments are ill-informed, misjudged – and tellingly inconsistent

Only 21% discuss end of life care

Articles
14 May, 2014

Death was always one of the great taboos of British conversation – and it seems that not much has changed, according to recent Dying Matters research.

Margo MacDonald has died

Press Releases
4 April, 2014

PM against assisted suicide

Articles
31 March, 2014

David Cameron’s reaffirmed opposition to assisted suicide is in keeping with other party leaders’ comments over recent years

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