Theresa May said the assisted dying bill is a ‘license to kill’

Social worker Joy Roxborough explores the risks of legalising assisted dying and asks whether history will see it as compassion—or betrayal of the vulnerable.

Earlier this month, the assisted dying bill was debated in the House of Lords for the first time since the ideas were first proposed in the 1930’s. Speaking during the sessions, former Prime Minister, Theresa May, echoing the words of a friend, described the bill as a “license to kill.” May’s speech highlighted the view that if assisted dying is made legal, it risked supporting the notion that some lives are less worth living than others.