Assisted dying: High Court would not need to approve cases under change to bill

Assisted Dying Bill set for crunch vote as MPs fear 'stitch-up' - ANALYSIS by Katherine Forster

When MPs voted for the Assisted Dying Bill last November, they were promised “the strictest safeguards in the world”. Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP bringing forward the bill, reassured wavering MPs with the pledge that two doctors and a High Court judge would oversee cases.The legislation is designed to give terminally ill adults with less than six months to live the option to end their lives with medical assistance. And they must have “the ment…

Leadbeater's latest assisted dying U-turn could give Starmer a run for his money - and harm just as many disabled people

In a move that might even give Labour Party PM Keir Starmer a run for his money, Kim Leadbeater has announced a spectacular U-turn on a key plank of her assisted dying bill. That is, she’s gearing up to drop a core so-called ‘safeguard’. Crucially, it’s one that’s bill supporters have been banging on about from the beginning. Specifically, this is the requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying decisions. Naturally though, it ha…

The assisted-dying bill must be put out of its misery

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Who Chooses Medically Assisted Death?

Recent research is the latest to weigh in on a raging debate over the eligibility of medical aid in dying programs.

Leadbeater’s euthanasia bill is a step towards a slaughter of the innocent and infirm

Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, in other words “euthanasia bill,” is at the committee stage in the House of Commons.  Dr. Vernon Coleman warns that the Bill is a step towards "genocide" and the "slaughter of the innocent and infirm" and urges people to help stop it from becoming law. The…

High Court approval in assisted dying bill to be dropped

Changes to proposed legislation may cost it backing of wavering supporters