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Assisted dying is a class issue, Diane Abbott and disability rights groups warn
People take part in a demonstration at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London, to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, November 29, 2024
“ASSISTED dying is a class issue,” Liz Carr of Not Dead Yet told activists, journalists and MPs at a meeting in Parliament on Wednesday night.
“As long as we live in a world where certain groups of people are devalued — and we saw [in the welfare cuts debate] really powerfully the distinction between the deserving and undeserving poor — it will never be safe to legalise assisted suicide, because no safeguard can protect against the abuse that will happen.”
Labour MP Diane Abbott hosted the meeting, jointly organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and the Morning Star, explaining she opposed the assisted dying Bill “because I know what people are like, and I know what institutions are like.”
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