Kevin Yuill: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Lead to Eugenics

The anti-euthanasia campaigner also warned euthanasia leads to movements that seek to eradicate people deemed useless to society and a drain on government.
Kevin Yuill: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Lead to Eugenics
Professor Emeritus Kevin Yuill poses for a photo after an interview with NTD's 'British Thought Leaders' programme. NTD
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Assisted suicide has historical links to eugenics movements and was used to target people deemed a drag on resources and no longer useful to society, an anti-euthanasia campaigner has said.

Kevin Yuill told NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” that for more than a century, proponents of euthanasia have always used the “compassion” argument to cover over the real argument of “utility,” where those who are no longer useful to society or too expensive to care for should be terminated.