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Nicklinson court ruling means assisted suicide is set for parliamentary return

Anti-euthanasia campaigners have welcomed a high court decision to reject the legal bids of two disabled men who want to loosen the laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Tony Nicklinson, from Wiltshire, was seeking to give doctors the power to kill him at a time of his choosing, and has already said he will appeal the [...]

Assisted suicide report is ‘attack on disabled people’

Disabled activists have condemned a new report – funded by pro-euthanasia campaigners – that suggests assisted suicide could and should be legalised in England and Wales.
Leading campaigners have described the report, published by The Commission on Assisted Dying, as an attack on disabled people.
The report concludes that assisted suicide could “safely” be offered to people [...]