Assisted suicide Bill makes death a ‘treatment’ for the vulnerable

Legalising assisted suicide in England and Wales would have catastrophic consequences for the most vulnerable in society, opponents have warned. Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill, set to be debated next month in the House of Lords, would enable those deemed to have less than six months to live to get help to kill themselves. But palliative care experts Baroness Finlay of Llandaff and Prof Rob George, and disability rights campaigner Tanni Grey-Thompson, say a change in the law would expose the vulnerable to danger.

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