Liz Carr, known for starring in the third season of the fantasy comedy “Good Omens” and playing a forensic scientist in the crime drama “Silent Witness,” supports the U.S. government’s refusal to outright legalize euthanasia in the nation.
The actress and disability rights activist argued how these programs may have cultural implications on the lives of people with disabilities. Arguing, “For somebody who loses their job or a loved one and is left feeling suicidal, others will rally around and support them with suicide prevention help,” she said to Daily Mail, “But as soon as that’s a disabled or ill person, people think it’s fine for them to have a medically-assisted death. They think it’s better to be dead than to be disabled.”
Legalizing such an option, she believes, might encourage disabled people to end their lives prematurely with the…
