Health9/12/2025The Guardian

It’s not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill | Lucy Webster

It’s not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill | Lucy Webster

The article discusses the assisted dying bill that has been passed by the House of Commons without sufficient safeguarding measures. The author, Lucy Webster, argues that the House of Lords has an opportunity to provide the open debate and scrutiny that the bill deserves. She expresses concern that the bill is "dangerous and badly written" and hopes that the Lords will listen to the concerns of disabled people's groups, legal and medical experts, and at least undo some of the "egregious errors" made by the lower house. While the author is personally in favor of assisted dying, she believes that the passage of this particular bill has been "haphazard, deeply unedifying and fundamentally flawed." The article concludes by stating that the Lords should reject this precedent and produce a much safer bill through a better process.

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