Catalogue Number
NMLH.2024.41.1
Object Name
banner
Title
'Not Dead Yet UK. #ndyuk We need support to live, not assistance to die. Disabled people say no to assisted suicide.'
People
Not Dead Yet UK
Events
Assisted suicide parliamentary debates
Description
A mainly black and white banner - a row of silhouetted people stand or sit in wheelchairs with joined hands and some holding placards. One has an assistance dog. The organisation name 'Not Dead Yet UK is in the centre of the banner. At the top and bottom says 'We need support to live, not assistance to die. Disabled people say no to assisted suicide.'
Not Dead Yet UK campaigns against the further legislation of assisted suicide and euthanasia, and for better palliative, health and social care for disabled people in the UK. Activists from Not Dead Yet UK argue that without a fully funded and expansive assisted living campaign (eg home care provision, full funding for mobility aids and home adaptations to enable disabled people to live at home for longer rather than being forced to move to assisted living facilities), legalising assisted suicide will lead to disabled people feeling pressured to die rather than be perceived as a 'burden' on their families.
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