
Socialists should back support for living not assisted suicide
Oppose the bill to legalise assisted suicide. Consideration of it is continuing in Parliament. Fight for assistance to live, not assistance to die!
Oppose the bill to legalise assisted suicide. Consideration of it is continuing in Parliament. Fight for assistance to live, not assistance to die!
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.
Disabled people need support to live, not die: why the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide should be opposed.
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.
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