Charities warn Supreme Court ruling dismantles disability rights protections for hundreds of thousands
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Summary
The Supreme Court has issued a ruling dismantling the 2014 Cheshire West legal framework, which established a universal 'acid test' to protect people lacking mental capacity to consent to their care. National charities Mencap, Mind, and the National Autistic Society have reacted with alarm, warning this ruling strips fundamental human rights protections from potentially hundreds of thousands of severely disabled people. The ruling represents what charities describe as the biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation.
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National charities Mencap, Mind, and the National Autistic Society have reacted with alarm to today's Supreme Court ruling
They warn that it strips fundamental human rights protections from potentially hundreds of thousands of severely disabled people
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