Disabled rights activists are against the ban, and they are a liberal civil rights organization. Disabled people need to drink, and paper straws can be flimsy.

As far as I can tell, we in the the UK are not facing a ban, but some companies are moving their straws behind the counter, so you have to request them, like porn.

"Can I have a straw please?"
"Can I see your id, Sir?"
"I don't have id. I'm a kid. That's why I want a straw, numbnuts!"

And, get this: MacDonalds are moving their biodegradable PAPER straws behind the counter, so as not to offend people who are triggered by the mere SIGHT of straws.

I mean, I don't want turtles to choke on plastic straws, but the idea of people getting triggered by PAPER straws now, puh-lease! :)