The former chief coroner has warned that the Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill could lead to “non-voluntary euthanasia” occurring, whereby patients are in effect euthanised and put to death.
Thomas Teague KC, who served as chief coroner of England and Wales from 2020 to 2024, said in a new report that safeguards promised by the MP behind the Bill and endorsed by its supporters would not hold if the legislation was to pass through the House of Commons at the end of the month and become law, reports the Daily Telegraph.
