Protest Against the Assisted Dying Bill 16th May 2025: Part 8 - Distant Voices

Nicky of Distant Voices tells the shocking story of how she was treated by medical staff when she first fell ill with Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
As Kim Leadbetter's Assisted Dying Bill has progressed through the various stages required before it can become law, the nature of the bill has become increasingly frightening. The Committee stage, which finished recently, discarded the few safeguards against abuse the bill had and the recent impact assessment reports have only added to the impression that this bill is more about saving money and getting rid of inconvenient people than about alleviating the suffering of the terminally ill.
This protest against the Assisted Dying Bill was organised by Christian Concern and was supported by the Together campaign, Not Dead Yet and Humanists against Assisted Dying.

https://thedistantvoices.org/welcome
and
https://thedistantvoices.org/the-distant-voices

"Not Dead Yet is a national, grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination."
https://notdeadyet.org/

Better Off Dead? A documentary on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia by Liz Carr:
Liz Carr’s; Better Off Dead? (ŵ subtitles) First aired 14/05/24 9pm BBC1. Burning Bright Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G_xF4dvS-U
and also here:
https://righttolife.org.uk/betteroffdead

"We cannot support this Bill” - Royal College of Psychiatrists opposes Assisted Suicide Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkuwEFAJj9I

"The RCPsych cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales in its current form"
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2025/05/13/the-rcpsych-cannot-support-the-terminally-ill-adults-(end-of-life)-bill-for-england-and-wales-in-its-current-form

Written evidence submitted by Humanists Against Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (ADY0266)
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/116498/pdf/

"The ‘assisted dying’ bill will make it as easy as possible for disabled, ethnic-minority and poor people to kill themselves.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/05/12/the-moral-horrors-of-inclusive-assisted-suicide/

"Take it from a doctor, this assisted-dying bill is dangerous
Patients with complex needs deserve support, not encouragement to kill themselves."
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/05/14/take-it-from-a-doctor-this-assisted-dying-bill-is-dangerous/