slippery slope

Alanis is interested in these mystic “slippery slope” moments, these big-ticket human crises that feel apocalyptic yet idiotic.

The example most regularly cited is Canada, which opponents say is an example of a so-called "slippery slope".

Canada is the country often cited by opponents of assisted dying as an example of the so-called "slippery slope" - a place where assisted dying has been extended and made available to more people since it was first brought in.

She refused to criticise colleagues who are against the Bill, including Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who wrote to her constituents this weekend saying the proposed changes would create a “slippery slope to death on demand”.

She said she was "profoundly concerned" by the legislation, not just for religious reasons but because it could create a "slippery slope towards death on demand".