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Assisted dying Bill debate hears warning of ‘state suicide service’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been put forward by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater.

Evening Standard

Voices: Before voting on assisted dying today, I urge MPs to remember the definition of insanity

COMMENT: If the House of Commons had good reason to reject assisted suicide in 2015, when the idea was last debated, they have even greater reason to do so now, says Tanni Grey-Thompson

The Independent UK

British MPs Debate Contentious Assisted Dying Law

UK lawmakers debated Friday whether to advance divisive and emotive legislation to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales, with a vote expected later in the day.

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'You have stupid thoughts. I didn’t want to be a burden to my family but the start is talking to someone about it': Iconic pundit Chris Kamara says he contemplated suicide following speech apraxia diagnosis

Chris Kamara has been a staple on British TV since 1998

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British MPs To Debate Contentious Assisted Dying Law

UK lawmakers will Friday debate and likely vote on whether to advance divisive and emotive legislation to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales.

International Business Times

Friday essay: ‘murdered because he was a Jew’ – Robert Manne on his grandfather Chaim and the hell of Vienna’s 1938 pogrom

My father’s father, Joachim Manne, or Chaim, as he was called, was a Galician Jew born in 1872 and raised in Cracow, in the Polish lands of the Habsburg Empire.

The Conversation

‘It was only a slap’ man accused of driving woman to suicide, court hears

Ryan Wellings is accused of manslaughter over the death of his partner Kiena Dawes

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MPs may trust doctors to manage assisted dying. Disabled people like me cannot

Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others, says the actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr

The Guardian - UK

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is $3.50 on Steam, letting you poke around one of 2024's most interesting failures for the price of a cheeseburger

Honestly, not a terrible price for AAA midness.

PC Gamer

Outrage over Japan’s decision to prosecute teen whose ‘suicide bid’ killed another woman

Police say teenager was old enough to understand the risk

The Independent UK

Assisted dying: what is the law in other countries, as it accounts for one in 20 deaths in Canada?

As Canada releases its latest statistics, we look at which other countries allow seriously ill people to request medical help to end their lives early

Evening Standard

A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early

Homelessness has now taken the lead as Australia’s largest and most damning disparity in life expectancy.

The Conversation

Border Patrol Program Seeks To Tackle Increasing Mental Health Challenges Reported By Agents on the Job

The program fosters peer support, reduces stigma around mental health, and looks to mitigate the risks of addiction, family dysfunction, and suicide

Latin Times

Every person should have care – not lethal drugs

Letters: Readers who believe the assisted dying bill shouldn’t be passed into law in England and Wales respond to Guardian coverage

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An unlikely DCU actor says he "worked more days than anybody else" on The Suicide Squad, "including" Margot Robbie

Exclusive: Steve Agee talks taking on a bigger role as John Economos and spending way too much time as a CGI shark

The Independent UK

Young mother wrote ‘I was murdered’ in suicide note after suffering alleged abuse, trial hears

Ryan Wellings is accused of manslaughter after his ex-girlfriend took her own life. In a final note she wrote: ‘He ruined every bit of strength I had left’

Latin Times

Aunt of Missing Hawaii Woman Hannah Kobayashi Says Her Dad 'Died of a Broken Heart' Trying to Find 'Trafficked' Daughter In LA

Ryan Kobayashi was found dead on Sunday after his body was found near a parking garage in Los Angeles. Police said he committed suicide.

Evening Standard

‘I was murdered’ – note from abused young mother who killed herself

Ryan Wellings, 30, is accused of the manslaughter of his ex Kiena Dawes, after years of alleged abuse.

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The Guardian - US

Father of missing Hawaii woman found dead in Los Angeles, police say

Body of Ryan Kobayashi, who flew to LA to find daughter, found after police respond to reports of apparent suicide

The Independent UK

Sarco ‘suicide pods’ to be introduced in UK if assisted dying law passes, says creator

Private Member’s Bill is due for second reading in the Commons on Friday – the first debate and vote of its kind since 2015

International Business Times

For Ceyda: A Turkish Mum's Fight For Justice For Murdered Daughter

Filiz Demiral was at home in Istanbul when she got the phone call in August 2020 that would turn her life upside down: her 20-year-daughter Ceyda had been found dead with the police telling her it was suicide.

The Conversation

Assisted dying bill would create the worst thought-out legal framework anywhere in the world – legal expert

The terminally ill adults (end of life) bill will allow adults in England and Wales who are terminally ill to be provided with assistance to end their own life. The current law on assisted dying needs to be reformed, but this bill is not the solution. It proposes a morally…

Reason

Brickbat: Inside Job

Pakistani police have arrested constable Mohammad Wali in connection with a 2023 suicide bombing at a mosque in a police… The post Brickbat: Inside Job appeared first on Reason.com.

PC Gamer

I'm glad I stuck with Dragon Age: The Veilguard, because it builds to a suicide mission right out of my beloved Mass Effect 2

The Dragon Age: The Veilguard defender has logged on.

The Independent UK

Health and legal experts among 73 academics to sign letter opposing ‘inadequate’ assisted dying bill

Exclusive: The letter says that a private members bill to legalise assisted dying is ‘inadequate’ adding that it ‘lacks prudence...at a time of crisis for the NHS’

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