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Will just leave this here for your perusal:
Nothing to do with the assisted living conversation, however reads like a disabled adult living in a care setting cared for by professionals/state not "Christian" Parent and has a needle phobia, to protect the professionals from covid he needs to be jabbed, they're trying to sedate him to do it. No different to my nephew who has a needle phobia and was sedated for a nail removal not so long ago.
I 100% support this being implemented in England, the 5 rules New Zealand have make sense. I recall a scene in 3 body problem where a cognitive patient had to give themselves the lethal dose via a serious of repetitive and lengthy varying multiple choice questions, a great idea to give the dose following on from the 5 rules.
I've personally seen 3 grandparents pass with Dementia, 1 grand parent and 2 aunts from Cancer, horrible every one of them, something that no country should subject its people too. Time to mail my MP giving my support.
I’m for the idea and if it doesn’t pass before I’ve decided I’ve had enough (spms) then Its easy enough for me to get my hands on enough heroin to finish me off at a time and place of my choosing
My sil had ms & had got to the point where she still had the use of one arm, but otherwise incapable, but because you have to administer your own drugs at dignitas she had to leave us whilst she still had that capability which was sometime before she really wanted to ? she just didn't want to end up without ability to move at all but with ms she didn't know when that time would come. Thankfully although my brother, nephew & myself broke the law, the police were very good about it & the CPS see no public good in dragging anyone through the courts so at least one side of the law sees sense, sadly though not that many have the money or bravery to go to dignitas & as Esther Rantzen alluded to she is scared that her family would be prosecuted if they accompany her to dignitas when the time comes.
If offering assisted death for people with terminal illnesses opens a debate about offering assisted death in other situations, then we should have that debate and extend the right where society agrees it is appropriate. The possibility that the right might be extended is not a valid argument for preventing assisted death in any form.
I think that the right to life should also include the right for an individual to choose how that life should end, and a caring society should allow people do that safely and with dignity, where it is appropriate.
As several people have pointed out in this thread, the way we currently force some people to handle end of life in the UK is simply cruel. In those situations, the current regulations are not for the benefit of the individual who is suffering.