"Those who actively foster such cruelty or who choose to look away portray themselves as progressive. Yet, how can this possibly be considered progressive? This is how women were treated in the 15th century: regarded as barely human and to be feared and then loathed for their

“Many children are embarrassed by their bodies during puberty, and it is unhelpful to encourage them to ruminate on their body parts - and it is irresponsible to encourage them to believe that these parts can be altered at will.” gbnews.com/news/puberty-b…

#Assistedsuicide is not a simple matter of autonomy. We do not think we are a burden without reference to the opinions of others; by agreeing with suicide in these instances, we agree that they live a life unworthy of life.

In Canada, this woman - who did not want MAID - was euthanised when her husband (suffering from 'caregiver burnout') pushed for MAID. The medical team responded to this urgency with lethal drugs, not care. Here (for now), men with 'caregiver burnout' who bring about their

The government only has one justification for scrapping most jury trials. Under examination, it completely falls apart. Judge-only trials in England and Wales will not wipe out crown court backlog, report says theguardian.com/law/2026/jan/2…

Excellent by alexmassie. "Ultimately, this is a clash between the interests of the individual and those of society..." Like ALL suicides. We either offer proverbial man on the ledge a push because "autonomy" or talk him down. #assistedsuicide thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

From Workers to Ex-Student Bureaucrats Despite nominal democratic procedures, many unions are now controlled by a clique of ex-students, who make their careers out of being self-perpetuating bureaucrats. These are the people who stand for and are elected to positions by as little

This Assisted Dying Bill is flawed. It requires amendments being looked at& scrutinised. New laws affect everyone. Can MPs who are quoted as saying these are 'procedural obstacles used by opponents' state exactly which amendments they see as filibustering?theguardian.com/society/2026/j…

Maybe these furious MPs should ask themselves why they are supporting such risky legislation, rather than get angry at colleagues for doing their jobs in pointing out its myriad problems? Legislating is a bit more complicated than "I want, therefore it must be."

Supporters of the Bill may be ‘furious’. Those of us with concerns about the Bill - in my case, concerns rooted in clinical experience - are grateful to the Lords for their close scrutiny. This quote from Florence Eshalomi MP hits the nail on the head

Among the MPs who backed it are a large number who said they were swayed to do so because the evident problems would be sorted out in Committee or... in the House of Lords. You cannot slough off responsibility and then complain if others take theirs seriously.

Ms Leadbeater MBE MP says that people criticising the bill "have clearly not read the detail", which is patently untrue of every prominent critic (and me, less prominent) and that it must be excellent as it involved a "huge amount of work" by some of the "best official

Critical point in understanding why no child is able to give informed consent to the UK's proposed puberty blocker trial.

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Trump’s sidelining of the UN with his "Board of Peace" means its assessments of the realities facing Gaza, after Israel’s two-year campaign of genocidal destruction, can be quietly shunted into the shadows. Trump has set a five-year timeline for Gaza’s transition. But the

I challenge anyone - whatever their view of the Leadbeater Bill, and/or of the high principles at stake - to say that this is some pettifogging intervention designed purely to take up time. It evidently is not. It addresses rewriting the purpose of the NHS.

Kathleen Stock Times Radio Like most advocates of assisted suicide, Henry Marsh sees it only from the point of view of those who would benefit and who, like him, do not fear how the possibility of an accelerated death changes things. He can’t seem to imagine coercion by others or self-generated pressure

Lord Blencathra says the assisted suicide Bill is sold to the public as a response to unbearable suffering. But there is no requirement that the primary motivation for ending their life must arise from their illness; indeed there is no requirement that they must even be

Supporters of #AssistedDyingBill threatening abolition of HoL need to look to themselves. It was a mistake to •introduce it as a PMB •tell MPs the details could be worked out in Lords •denigrate opponents •ignore the professions •put AD ahead of better palliative care.

The problem isn’t that many learned members of both Houses of Parliament, journalists, Royal Societies, academics and clinicians haven’t read Leadbeater’s suicide bill. The problem is they have. And that Kim either hasn’t understood her own Bill’s implications or has and still