'Nurse told my mum to suffocate me at birth - here's why I'm against assisted dying'

Mădălina Grigore

Andrew Peel's experiences of disability discrimination began before he could even say a word - and now he's speaking up against an assisted dying Bill he holds grave concerns about. Born in 1958, Andrew was diagnosed with Spina Bifida - a congenital condition that occurs when a baby's spine and spinal cord don't form fully in the womb. After taking him to a hospital in Manchester for a lifesaving operation, Andrew's mother was told by a nurse to 'just put him down on his face and suffocate him,

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