Kim Leadbeater has said that she “would not want to be a burden” during a podcast on the subject of her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which will be voted on by MPs this Friday.
In an interview on The News Agents (transcript at bottom of page), a daily podcast produced by Global Media & Entertainment, the Labour MP said that “being concerned about being a burden is a legitimate reason” to seek assisted suicide.
During the podcast, interviewer Lewis Goodall highlighted that in Canada, more than one-third of people receiving physician-assisted suicide reported they felt they were a perceived burden on family and caregivers.
