Starmer is dead wrong to support assisted dying – it should be opposed!
The warnings from Canada and elsewhere are clear – there are dangerous implications for disabled people and the whole of society if elective suicide becomes normalised.
assisted suicide
The latest push to legalise assisted dying and the danger it represents
Disabled people need support to live, not die: why the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide should be opposed.
How to think about assisted dying and why it should not be legalised – the real position of disabled people in capitalism
The material context in which legalisation of assisted suicide is contemplated is one of a retreating welfare state, reduced health and social care provision, increasing inequality and poverty and even a stalling of life expectancy and increased inequalities in life expectancy.
To normalise the idea of ending life as a response to pain, disability or terminal illness would be extremely dangerous and should not be supported.