Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has expressed support for changing the law on assisted dying, emphasizing the need for a free vote on the matter. This has sparked a debate with some advocating for the change, citing compassion and dignity, while others, including former supreme court judge Lord Sumption, have raised concerns about potential coercion and injustices in the healthcare system. The issue has garnered attention across parties in Parliament, with 2024 being seen as a significant opportunity for law change.
Former supreme court judge Lord Sumption says elderly and vulnerable people could feel 'covert pressure' to end their lives if assisted dying is legalised https://t.co/71emovti8n https://t.co/5BwVX6pFTn
Good to hear and read informed, compassionate debate this week on assisted dying. Across all parties in Parliament many of us work to raise & debate the issues but 2024 offers a huge opportunity for law change. #dignityindying https://t.co/3GcIN26R7O
It should, but every time this comes up, and it has for decades, it gets kyboshed by a small clique of religiously motivated peers. Starmer: Law should be changed to allow assisted dying. https://t.co/bcPY028Irv https://t.co/xFno5YjYCp
Britse politicus advocates legal change amid assisted dying debate https://t.co/qu74Bw57nY https://t.co/1YY2AkHlcq
I got to tell you, I have absolute sympathy with those in the depths of despair suffering the most intolerable pain and incurable conditions, but I have absolutely no confidence that in Britain in 2023 we wouldn’t end up offing people with Assisted Suicide to ‘protect the NHS’.
‘Euthanasia is not healthcare... and doctors are not good at picking up coercion.’ Baroness Ilora Finlay tells @TomSwarbrick1 that legalising euthanasia will 'take away' staff from an already-strained NHS, and allow ‘injustices’ of coerced deaths. https://t.co/LUzvqxRe1K
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he believes there are "grounds for changing the law" around assisted dying ⬇️ https://t.co/Tc37bfY0yh
Could Labour end the ban on assisted dying? https://t.co/SDkbGygdzW
There is nothing civilised, dignified or progressive about legalised assisted dying. In Canada, people are being euthanised because they are poor, disabled or homeless. We go down this path at our peril, writes Kevin Yuill https://t.co/nDBvXRA0Ks
Starmer says there are 'grounds for changing law' to allow assisted dying - while stressing it should be free vote matter - https://t.co/VUzY2aLRCX
Sir Keir Starmer supports assisted dying law change https://t.co/npnYt3XetZ