🚨 A group of 26 Labour MPs have expressed their anger at the removal of the High Court-approval clause in the #AssistedDyingBill

🚨The government’s suicide prevention adviser has said that legalising assisted dying in England and Wales may cause major issues in suicide prevention work if the state effectively concedes that taking one’s own life should be allowed in some circumstances.

🚨Social workers are too busy to sit on #AssistedDying panels, Kim Leadbeater has been warned.

"Assisted death is barrelling toward legalisation with abandon, throwing out safeguards with every step," writes Hannah Shewan Stevens #AssistedDyingBill #assistedsuicide

🚨Two eminent professors of psychiatry have warned that Leadbeater's plan to scrap the involvement of a High Court judge and replace them with psychiatrists was “probably not” feasible. #assistedsuicide #AssistedDying

Leadbeater Bill committee 11 Feb: Danny Kruger asked about "somebody who is depressed and indeed suicidal successfully apply[ing] for" #assistedsuicide. Neil Shastri-Hurst tried to separate those seeking AS because of their terminal illness, OR their depression — but people aren't that simple.

🚨On Wednesday, Ms Leadbeater put forward an amendment to the #assistedsuicide bill which confirmed that having a mental disorder or disability would not disqualify someone from accessing the service.