In one of the most sinister developments yet in the move to impose state-sanctioned euthanasia on the UK, the assisted suicide Bill Committee has voted down an amendment to safeguard people with Down’s syndrome.
Damien Hinds MP tabled an amendment to protect people with Down’s syndrome from assisted suicide. The amendment, if successful, would have required the publication of guidance consistent with the Down Syndrome Act 2022 to meet the needs of adults with Down’s syndrome.
However, having rejected amendments to ensure people with anorexia or diabetes were not eligible for assisted suicide under the Bill, Kim Leadbeater joined a number of colleagues in voting down the amendment to safeguard people with Down’s syndrome by 13 votes to 8.
Over 50 organisations representing people with Down’s syndrome, including Down Syndrome UK, Down’s Syndrome Scotland, the National Down Syndrome Policy Group and many other major organisations, have come out saying they are deeply concerned with the impact that the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill will have on individuals with Down’s syndrome and learning disabilities, their families and related professionals.
Tommy Jessop, an actor with Down’s syndrome known for his role in the prime time BBC drama, Line of Duty and Steven Spielberg’s Masters Of The Air, has also spoken of his concerns about the Bill to Parliament, saying in January 2025 “I do feel very sorry for the people who are suffering, but… I think some people really might be pressured into asking people to help them die. From my experience, when people are pressured or rushed into things, I think it really is difficult to say no”.
“I don’t want that to happen to people with learning disabilities or other people as it will scar them for life… We know some people are already pressured to have abortions when they are expecting a baby with Down syndrome. This is the same as the assisted dying law. I think it is a really bad idea having people choose when to end their life. We should help them to live pain free”.
Many unborn babies with Downs are aborted. Now it seems that many members of Britain's political elite want to see these loving and happy souls exterminated even if they survive the abortion Holocaust. Shame on them all!