Group including academics say they are ‘in solidarity with terminally ill people’ on option of having ‘a good death’UK politics live – latest updatesA group of disability rights campaigners and academics have urged MPs and peers to back the legalisation of assisted dying, saying everyone deserves the chance of a good death.Led by Tom Shakespeare, an author, broadcaster and professor of disability research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the group told parliamentarians they stood “in solidarity with terminally ill people who want to have the option of an assisted death”. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-10-24 08:48:15
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Disability rights campaigners urge MPs and peers to back assisted dying bill
