Assisted suicide discriminates against people with disabilities. MPs must vote against it

Disability rights campaigners say the assisted dying Bill, which returns to the Commons this week, violates their human rights. As they get ready to take their case to the UN, Christian Institute lawyers agree the Bill is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights

The euphemistically titled Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the House of Commons for the report stage and third reading. But the proposed legislation is incredibly dangerous, as many disability campaign groups are at pains to point out.

Groups such as Disabled People Against Cuts, Disability Rights UK and Not Dead Yet UK claim they have been “ignored” in the debate, and that the Bill violates the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (UNCRPD). Two complainants are even prepared to take their fight to the court.

Our recent legal review strongly supports their…