I also cannot understand it - and the lack of overall outrage. I know a person strongly against abortion yet was okay with Terri’s fate.
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Vulnerable elderly and disabled people will feel pressured to end their lives if the law on assisted dying is relaxed.
The Demos “commission” promises to examine all sides of the argument, but critics allege that its claims to be independent are undermined because it has received funding and support from campaigners to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill patients.
Richard Hawkes, chief executive of the disability charity Scope, said there was “a desperate need” for an open debate on the issue of assisted suicide.
But he continued: “We are deeply concerned that this pseudo ‘Commission’ will not reflect the concerns and fears of many disabled people.
“When it is funded by supporters of legalising assisted suicide and without a formal remit from Government, we would question how independent this Commission really can be.
“Many of the disabled people we talk to are extremely frightened by any weakening of the law on assisted suicide. We must be vigilant in ensuring that we never get to a position where disabled people feel abandoned and under pressure to end their lives.”
Dr Peter Saunders, campaign director of the Care Not Killing Alliance of 40 organisations opposed to assisted dying, said the commission appeared to be “a stitch up”.
The commission has received practical support from Dignity in Dying, and funding from the author, Terry Pratchett, a supporter of euthanasia, who has Alzheimer’s disease.
Demos insisted that the commission would remain “entirely independent” of Mr Pratchett and Dignity in Dying and would make recommendations
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