Assisted dying coercion risk greater for disabled people – Tanni Grey-Thompson

Effective altruism creeps up on the uncommitted - Washington Examiner

In a recent piece for the New York Times, atheist utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer placidly explained the value of voluntary assisted suicide beyond the usual requisite medical conditions. His calmness is where we find significant cause for alarm. Not because one man, along with his co-author and co-podcast-host, is himself unalarmed by it, but because his approach is descriptive of a progressively complacent society at large. When it comes …

The UN just slammed Canada's assisted suicide laws - yet Labour wants the UK to be next?

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has raised significant concerns regarding Canada’s assisted dying/suicide laws, specifically the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) scheme, which permits individuals experiencing “intolerable physical or psychological suffering” due to serious and incurable disabilities to seek assisted death. The UNCRPD has called for the Canadian government to cease what it describes as the e…

Assisted dying coercion risk greater for disabled people – Tanni Grey-Thompson

Discrimination against disabled people in society has ‘risen remarkably’ in recent months amid discussion of welfare reforms, the peer said.

Parties offer few details on plans for MAID, despite UN criticisms What will Canada's leading parties do about MAID?

Read: 4 minThe platforms of Canada’s main English-language political parties do not mention medical assistance in dying (MAID) — despite recent concerns the United Nations has raised about these laws.On March 21, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommended Canada stop allowing MAID for people whose deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. The committee also said Canada should not allow MAID for people whose …

Tanni Grey-Thompson: assisted suicide will "fundamentally" change relationship between people with disabilities and society

Former Paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, has warned if assisted suicide becomes legal, it will “fundamentally” change the relationship between people with disabilities and society. Baroness Grey-Thompson also said that disabled people who have contacted her are “absolutely terrified” at the prospect of the legalisation of assisted suicide in England and Wales. As Government plans to cut between £5bn and £6bn from the welfare bill throug…

In the United Kingdom, people with disabilities threatened by "assisted dying." As the bill authorizing assisted suicide in England and Wales returns to the House of Commons on May 16, opposition leader Tanni Grey-Thompson, a former para-sports champion and member of the House of Lords, fears serious repercussions for people with disabilities. Published on April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM. Zen reading Protest by the British association Not Dead Yet in …