Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson - legalizing assisted suicide could cause a seismic shift.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Tanni Grey-Thompson

An ITV news article that was published on November 17 quotes Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson, who is an 11 time gold medal paralympian as warning the UK that:

changing the law could cause a “seismic shift” in the way the health system cares for people.

A private members bill to legalize assisted suicide in the UK, that is sponsored by Kim Leadbeater MP is scheduled to be debated in Westminster on November 29.

Grey Thompson who is a long time champion of disability rights told ITV news that:

“I urge Parliamentarians to understand the significance of proposed changes to the law and the seismic shift it would cause to the way we choose to care for people at their most vulnerable,” she said.

“Protecting people is something the current prohibition on encouraging or assisting suicide does well,” Baroness Grey-Thompson said.

“Parliamentarians should be in no doubt that a change to this law would fundamentally alter the political and societal landscape for disabled people.”

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition will continue to provide analysis of the bill.

More articles on this topic:

• The UK introduces bill to legalize assisted suicide (Link).
• UK assisted suicide bill. The vote will be close (Link).