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Meanwhile domestic homicide expert @jmoncktonsmith.bsky.social warned the Edwards' Bill is simply "the worst thing, potentially, that we have ever done to domestic abuse victims"
The Assisted Death bill is revived: @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social will take the Bill under her name.
Division ahead: this hastily drafted Bill was opposed by medical colleges and disability groups.
And it had fierce criticism on its risk to women 🧵
The Leadbeater assisted dying PMB failed under scrutiny.
But plans are afoot to revive it, and force it into law.
Pressure is now being put on Labour MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social to put her name to the Bill.
We turned out with her constituents to ask her to make a different choice.
The Leadbeater assisted dying PMB failed under scrutiny.
But plans are afoot to revive it, and force it into law.
Pressure is now being put on Labour MP Lauren Edwards to put her name to the Bill.
We turned out with her constituents to ask her to make a different choice.
Domestic abuse victims are at especial risk from Edwards' Bill. In the largest ever poll, the public want stronger protections than the Bill has.
We warned parliament that 1 in 7 of those coming forward for lethal drugs would be a domestic abuse victim - meaning hundreds will die each year.
Women with eating disorders are given lethal drugs by drs around the world - 60+ that we know of.
This abominable failure of vulnerable women will be allowed in Leadbeater's (now Edwards') Bill.
Charities and advocates for those with eating disorders spoke out
All this from the largest poll yet on the Leadbeater assisted death Bill.
Now, 568 people in @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social constituency signed our petition, urging their MP not to take on the failed assisted dying Bill.
In Rochester and Strood, assisted dying is at the bottom of the list of priorities voters want their MP to focus on.
Only 7% put it in their top three priorities.
Only 8% support bringing the Bill back and forcing it into law using the Parliament Acts.
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Hoping someone who has come high in PMB ballot might consider a Bill to ensure universal & fair access to palliative care. Desmond Swayne , Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social , Dr Luke Evans @drlukeevans.org.uk
It would be something that unites the whole community.
#PalliativeCareForAll
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Backers of the Leadbeater assisted dying Bill want @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social to take this Bill under her name, and push it through into law. That's why local residents in Rochester & Strood turned out this morning to share their opposition
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Backers of the Leadbeater assisted dying Bill want @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social to take this Bill under her name, and push it through into law. That's why local residents in Rochester & Strood turned out this morning to share their opposition
