Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson urges MPs to block assisted dying legislation

PARALYMPIC fable Tanni Grey-Thompson has issued a precocious plea to MPs not to backmost the assisted dying bill.

The 11-time golden medallist has supported a study informing of a “slippery slope” that could effect from legalisation.

She said changing the law volition impact however we attraction for radical astatine their astir susceptible — and is “really disquieted astir the safeguards”.

The former wheelchair racer made the involution up of a historical Commons ballot connected November 29.

Baroness Grey-Thompson said: “The measure is wide unfastened and saying, ‘Vote it done connected rule and determine the item later’ is dangerous.”

She added: “I impulse Parliamentarians to recognize the value of projected changes and the seismic displacement it would origin to the mode we take to attraction for radical astatine their astir vulnerable.

“A alteration to this instrumentality would fundamentally change the governmental and societal scenery for disabled people.”

She was joined by Tory Baron Kevin Shinkwin, who has brittle bony disease.

He warned disabled radical volition go “targets by default”.

He added: “We should not beryllium successful immoderate doubt. The stakes could not beryllium higher.”

Dr John Keown, a prof of Christian ethics, claimed that legalising assisted dying for the terminally sick would beryllium extended to the chronically ill, mentally ill, disabled and adjacent children.

He wrote the study by think-tank Policy Exchange that besides warns of the unintended consequences of legislation.

"It points to Canada, wherever radical person utilized the strategy to extremity their lives owed to reasons specified arsenic mediocre aesculapian attraction oregon societal issues.

The complaint to legalise assisted dying present is being led by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater but it has divided PM Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has suggested the connection could pb to cuts successful different NHS services.

MPs volition person a escaped ballot connected the matter, meaning their parties volition not archer them what to do.