Good to stand today as one of 62 Peers who opposed the Meacher Bill today, including doctors, Peers with disabilities, lawyers, and many who say that the Bill has inadequate safeguards. It should not be allowed onto the Statute Books....
James Mumford author of “Vexed: Ethics Beyond Political Tribes”, says “Don’t let the assisted-suicide lobby hijack the debate…The palliative care community has a radically different idea of dignity to the one propagated by the assisted suicide lobby.”
The assisted-suicide debate begins with a contest over language, a war over a word. That word is ‘dignity.’ The Swiss assisted suicide clinic, where every eight days one Briton travels to die, is called Dignitas. In 2006, the Voluntary Euthanasia Society changed its...
“Our existing end-of-life laws and customs already work well. There is no space for assisted suicide, the introduction of which would risk soon being interpreted as a duty to die to relieve emotional burdens on others.” – Lib Dem Peer
Daily Telegraph Assisted dying would loom over end-of-life careSIR – Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (“Why I remain firmly against assisted dying”, Comment, October 4) articulates well the difficulties involved in finding the best way of looking after a loved one...
A Reasoned Analysis: ‘Living and Dying Well’ have produced a compelling Briefing against ‘Assisted Dying Bill’
A Reasoned Analysis: Living and Dying Well have produced a compelling Briefing which sets out the case against The Assisted Dying Bill Background Baroness Meacher’s Private Member’s Assisted Dying Bill would “enable adults who are terminally ill to be provided at...
Assisted Suicide: The wisdom of the late Jonathan Sacks: “ The Jewish tradition, going back many centuries, is strongly opposed to such acts…”
Assisted Suicide: The wisdom of the late Jonathan Sacks: “ The Jewish tradition, going back many centuries, is strongly opposed to such acts… those who propose (legislation ) do so from the highest of motives. But purity of motive has never ensured rightness of...
Former Health Minister, Lord Hunt, Opposes Assisted Dying Bill.
COMMENT: Daily Telegraph Assisted dying will always be open to bullying and exploitation The process cannot be made safe because the ill will be exposed to fears of being a burden or to pressure from unscrupulous relatives LORD HUNT 3 October 2021...
Reasons For Opposing Euthanasia in Britain.
In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, Palliative Care Doctors Set Out Their Reasons For Opposing The Introduction of Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia in Britain Palliative care doctors against assisted dying sir – As the palliative care consultants of the next generation...
Henry George “Pain is not a justification for assisted dying.”
Pain is not a justification for assisted dying The case of Alta Fixsler strikes at the heart of debates around life and death The Fixsler family The case of Alta Fixsler, a young girl born with catastrophic brain damage, leaves one with a sense of deep...
Dr Miro Griffiths warns that “Assisted dying would undermine the fight for equality”.
OPINION Assisted dying would undermine the fight for equality By Miro GriffithsSeptember 27, 2021, 11:45 am Disabled people are often marginalised and forgotten by society (Photo: Roman Zaiets/Shutterstock) I am a disabled person. I consider disability to be the...
Dr Joel Zivot, warns that his research on drugs used in lethal injections lead to a ““very painful death”.
Dr Joel Zivot, Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology and Surgery at the Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, warns that his research on drugs used in lethal injections showed that they led to a “very painful death” and that assisted suicide is “neither...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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UK aid supporting minorities in Pakistan – short debate House of Lords 25th April 2024.
Lords Grand CommitteeThursday 25 April 2024 Full debate: https://youtu.be/VMSZpOq_oyk Lord Alton of Liverpool:I am grateful to all noble lords participating in today’s short debate about ways in which UK development aid to Pakistan- rising from £41.5 million this year...
Letter to the Prime Minister calling for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MPPrime Minister10 Downing StreetLondonSW1A 2AAApril 24, 2024 Dear Prime Minister,I am writing to you on the occasion of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April24th, Armenians worldwide commemorate this day, which has...
At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? Essay for GIS Reports April 19th 2024.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...