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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Shanti Das

Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups

The website for Our Duty of Care, which is described as a grassroots group of UK healthcare workers but has links to the Christian right
The website for Our Duty of Care, which is described as a grassroots group of UK healthcare workers but has links to the Christian right. Photograph: ourdutyofcare.org.uk

Campaigns against assisted dying that claim to be led by healthcare workers and disabled people are being secretly coordinated and paid for by conservative Christian pressure groups, an Observer investigation has found.

The “grassroots” campaigns have been central to the debate on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales before a landmark vote by MPs this month.

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