Assisted dying law could ‘coerce’ disabled people to take their lives

Andy Burnham’s government has admitted that its assisted dying bill will “coerce” disabled people to end their life early. The legislation, which would have allowed private companies to carry out the killings, ran out of parliamentary time in April, but was promptly re-tabled in the “exact same” form. The government’s impact assessment on the exhumed […] By Skwawkbox