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 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill admits that disabled people and ethnic minority groups will be “coerced” on to the euthanasia pathway. This will happen through a combination of “structural pressures”, abusive family relationships and lack of services, a government report reads. Coercion and pressure…

