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Defo for.
Quality of life must override quantity.
Our animal friends are allowed, if they are suffering.
It needs to be in place in line with Power of Attorney, so those close to you know what you want.
Well that my two cents... |
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Definitely for it. Watching a loved one suffer is horrendous and heartbreaking and the person suffering just wants their pain to end.
If we let animals suffer we can be sent to prison, yet the law insists we let people suffer until the very end. Where is the logic in that? |
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Absolutely for.
To see the human suffering in so many unimaginably painful ways is heartbreaking.
I do not want to suffer if I’m ever forced into that position. If I know that huge suffering is coming my way, I wish to check out early and at a time of my choosing. |
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Fully support. It should be up to the individual to choose their path. I'd rather not go through something as devastating as terminal illness and I think it's wrong (and often selfish) that others get to choose.
I've been signing petitions for this for ages. |
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By *apybarasCouple 2 weeks ago
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"Fully support. It should be up to the individual to choose their path. I'd rather not go through something as devastating as terminal illness and I think it's wrong (and often selfish) that others get to choose.
I've been signing petitions for this for ages.
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A qualified for. I am not convinced that the NHS is in the best shape to safely implement this at present. We already see mistakes happening more than they should do, due to understaffing, poor morale etc.
I think these things should be addressed first, also across the board improvements to end of life care (it really should not be left in the hands of charity). Then we can revisit this question. |
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For, I work in healthcare and I've seen so many people suffer over the years with awful diseases.
Obviously it would need to be tightly policed.
If I ever got to the pount where I couldn't do anything myself, I'd what to have the choice of how and when I could end my life. |
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Canada started this in 2016 with the same rules and regulations in place.Moved the goalposts about 4 years ago and are now planning 😀 to allow it for pretty much anyone. Next step allow "caring" family to decide. Holland did much the same but a couple of years ago allowed a woman in her 20s to kill herself because she was depressed. Anyone trust Liebour not to abuse the system ? A government by its own admission expects 4000 pensioners a year to die to save around £700 million. |
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"Definitely for it. Watching a loved one suffer is horrendous and heartbreaking and the person suffering just wants their pain to end.
If we let animals suffer we can be sent to prison, yet the law insists we let people suffer until the very end. Where is the logic in that?"
Unfortunately it's money. "Big Pharma" make billions from end of life care. Hence they prolong life to maximise profit. Once a person is gone there's no more income from them. It's absolutely heinous.
I'm for by the way. If every possible avenue has been explored and there is no possibility of anything other than decline then it's right that the person should have a choice. It's not morbid and it's not selfish. It's humane. |
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I'm very conflicted about it. Very. I'm not against the Bill as it stands, with assisted suicide only allowed in cases of terminal illness etc, BUT that's how most other countries started and many now have far wider ranging assisted suicide options. I do worry about the "slippery slope" effect and unless you've sat in a hospital and watched exactly how dysfunctional the NHS is, at close quarters, then you might not appreciate how very ill equipped it is to implement these things by the book.
While I was an inpatient, on one day, we suddenly had a flurry of DNR notices (on lilac paper) pinned at the end of the beds of several of the women on the ward with me. These women had been inpatients for several days or weeks by the time the lilac paper appeared. None of them had the capacity to consent to this themselves. I wondered a LOT as to where these DNRs suddenly came from and why. They correlated with the hospital calling a serious incident due to the overwhelming of A&E and lack of beds.
I am deeply skeptical as a disabled woman who is often treated as those I have a very different quality of life than I actually do have. Most of the time, clinical staff are astonished when I tell them I work FT and what my job is. The expectation of what disabled people look like and do in their lives is very skewed and I worry that once this tightly controlled Bill is law, there will be a slippery slope that has disabled people almost encouraged or suggested to carry out assisted suicide to alleviate issues that stem from a lack of proper care or a lack of proper treatment, due to NHS and social care failings, rather than due to a genuinely terrible quality of life. |
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100% on board with this,already fecked with everlasting sports injuries in my 40s and getting worse and worse, feck that in my late 70s or god forbid 80s, I've already had a mention of this with my kids, told them when the times right I'll pay for a family trip to Switzerland for a big shindig then put me to sleep burn me and bring my ashes home and spread some in Croker park.  hopefully by then we have caught up with the civilized world |
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Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies |
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I’m for it. I saw my Nan’s quality of life deteriorate over 10 years, wheelchair bound, then bed bound, all because of a care home fuck up.
She had full mental capacity to make the decision when to die, instead she was forced to rot away in a bed. |
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"Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies "
There is a massive difference between doing it yourself and having assistance. |
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It's not an easy issue, many of us have been there with loved ones as they died a long slow death which whilst they were pain free was awful ..
As long as there are strict checks and balances with independent monitoring and oversight then yes for a terminally ill person in the last six months then it should be an option..
(again that's another issue, my Nan was given six months after a stroke but lived for seven years albeit literally in a vegetative state with full time care)
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"Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies
There is a massive difference between doing it yourself and having assistance."
I think the point being made is that many terminally ill people could, if they so wished, already attempt suicide using the powerful pain meds they are provided. Of course, that would be a random calculation of what is needed to be successful and being unsuccessful is a real possibility. Assisted suicide would do away with the element of chance.
Most people though, are not talking about assisted suicide in the face of terminal illness, which is what the Bill is about. They're talking about being very old and decrepit, reliant on a wheelchair, house bound etc. This Bill isn't going to address assisted suicide in those situations. But, as I put in a lengthy post above, some of us disabled people do fear the "slippery slope", whereby in the future, assisted suicide due to non-terminal disability would be legal. I fear things like less support being available to live well with disability because of an assumption within healthcare that this isn't possible. That the availability of assisted suicide in non-terminal illness in the future might lead people to commit suicide to alleviate burden on their families, rather than because their lives are genuinely unliveable.
I feel constantly that I am a burden to my family. I've contemplated all sorts to try and alleviate the burden on them. If assisted suicide was an option, would it be presented to me as a possible sensible option? I don't know. Would I feel any kind of pressure to do that? I don't know. I hope not.
I don't oppose the Bill for assisted suicide in cases of terminal illness but I do fear the slippery slope that every other country has gone down. Most countries started with terminal illness only, but now allow assisted suicide for pretty much any reason. |
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"Hard to say.
Father had kidney failure but didn't want to go but mum was his career and she suffered looking after him.
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And here is my exact brain fuck. I don't want to die. But I'm a fucking huge burden on my family and my disability is costing us a fortune.
Would me dying be a blesséd relief to my family? I hope not. But I don't know. |
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By *abioMan 2 weeks ago
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I am for the bill as is written at the moment . I am all for more money for end of life and palliative care, i give money to my local hospice and the hospice that helped my mum
All that I would ask is not to put doctors in the middle of making the decisions |
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"I am for the bill as is written at the moment . I am all for more money for end of life and palliative care, i give money to my local hospice and the hospice that helped my mum
All that I would ask is not to put doctors in the middle of making the decisions "
Who, if not doctors should be involved? Hopefully not social care people because if they would have any involvement, I'll be opposing everything and anything.
Social care people who find my Dad to have capacity for only one decision and one decision only. The decision that might cost the council money. He HAS capacity for that, apparently. Just not for anything else at all, including whether or not to spend a fiver at Tesco.
This country needs to fix the health and social care crisis before we give ANY professionals involvement in effectively killing people. |
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By *abioMan 2 weeks ago
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"I am for the bill as is written at the moment . I am all for more money for end of life and palliative care, i give money to my local hospice and the hospice that helped my mum
All that I would ask is not to put doctors in the middle of making the decisions
Who, if not doctors should be involved? Hopefully not social care people because if they would have any involvement, I'll be opposing everything and anything.
Social care people who find my Dad to have capacity for only one decision and one decision only. The decision that might cost the council money. He HAS capacity for that, apparently. Just not for anything else at all, including whether or not to spend a fiver at Tesco.
This country needs to fix the health and social care crisis before we give ANY professionals involvement in effectively killing people. "
I think I may have put the doctor point in incorrectly… I don’t want doctors to be held legally liable, if a doctor feels they can’t, then I hope that won’t be held against them
Hope that clarifies it a bit better |
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I'm for it, my friend died in her early 30's due to cancer. She had spoken about ending things, but some of her other friends persuaded her not to. And then she left it too late for her to be able to. It took ages to die and she was in so much pain as she waited for her organs to stop working. I never ever want to be in that position myself nor expose my children to it.
All these years later I still feel guilty that I didn't manage to help her do what she wanted. |
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"I am for the bill as is written at the moment . I am all for more money for end of life and palliative care, i give money to my local hospice and the hospice that helped my mum
All that I would ask is not to put doctors in the middle of making the decisions
Who, if not doctors should be involved? Hopefully not social care people because if they would have any involvement, I'll be opposing everything and anything.
Social care people who find my Dad to have capacity for only one decision and one decision only. The decision that might cost the council money. He HAS capacity for that, apparently. Just not for anything else at all, including whether or not to spend a fiver at Tesco.
This country needs to fix the health and social care crisis before we give ANY professionals involvement in effectively killing people.
I think I may have put the doctor point in incorrectly… I don’t want doctors to be held legally liable, if a doctor feels they can’t, then I hope that won’t be held against them
Hope that clarifies it a bit better "
Yes that makes sense. I expect it'll be like abortion though. A doctor can conscientiously object but they must refer the patient to someone else who does not conscientiously object, in that case. |
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"Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies
There is a massive difference between doing it yourself and having assistance."
There really isn't. The bill states clearly you have to take the drugs yourself.The only drug that would allow a person to pass peacefully is morphine as far as I know. Having it handed to you by a nurse or getting it yourself from the cupboard is little different |
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"Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies
There is a massive difference between doing it yourself and having assistance.
There really isn't. The bill states clearly you have to take the drugs yourself.The only drug that would allow a person to pass peacefully is morphine as far as I know. Having it handed to you by a nurse or getting it yourself from the cupboard is little different "
The difference is being capable of getting to the cupboard or not. |
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"Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies
There is a massive difference between doing it yourself and having assistance.
There really isn't. The bill states clearly you have to take the drugs yourself.The only drug that would allow a person to pass peacefully is morphine as far as I know. Having it handed to you by a nurse or getting it yourself from the cupboard is little different
The difference is being capable of getting to the cupboard or not. "
Although you are being facetious, I will point out that unless you are in the very last days you are mobile. Not the case for everyone I know but even then the patient can access drugs. Towards the end my mother had an automatic syringe morphine driver direct into her stomach. There was an override button so she could "top up" should the pain become too much. |
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Definitely for, they say putting pets down is the humane thing at times yet we can't do it ourselves.
However the NHS is stretched thin especially in the mental health departments, I think there needs to be some changes before it's implemented.
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"Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies
There is a massive difference between doing it yourself and having assistance.
There really isn't. The bill states clearly you have to take the drugs yourself.The only drug that would allow a person to pass peacefully is morphine as far as I know. Having it handed to you by a nurse or getting it yourself from the cupboard is little different
The difference is being capable of getting to the cupboard or not.
Although you are being facetious, I will point out that unless you are in the very last days you are mobile. Not the case for everyone I know but even then the patient can access drugs. Towards the end my mother had an automatic syringe morphine driver direct into her stomach. There was an override button so she could "top up" should the pain become too much."
My friend, I am not in the last days of my life and I am not mobile. I use a wheelchair daily. When I came home from hospital recently, with a bottle of morphine sulphate to use "as required", my husband placed it away from our daughter's reach. In doing so, he also placed it out of MY reach (including with my litter picker) and so I had to put up with my severe pain until someone could get it for me. That was several hours.
Please don't try and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. The only difference is my disability isn't terminal. |
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"Most people in this situation already have the means to end their lives if they wish. When my mother died after a long battle with cancer she had enough morphine (heroin) to supply most of the towns junkies
There is a massive difference between doing it yourself and having assistance.
There really isn't. The bill states clearly you have to take the drugs yourself.The only drug that would allow a person to pass peacefully is morphine as far as I know. Having it handed to you by a nurse or getting it yourself from the cupboard is little different
The difference is being capable of getting to the cupboard or not.
Although you are being facetious, I will point out that unless you are in the very last days you are mobile. Not the case for everyone I know but even then the patient can access drugs. Towards the end my mother had an automatic syringe morphine driver direct into her stomach. There was an override button so she could "top up" should the pain become too much."
And no, I was not being facetious. Not even slightly. |
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I would advocate any terminally ill person the right to choose, but if our palliative care was fully funded, many people would not choose to end their life at a specific time, fearing a painful end if they didn't. People wouldn't be driven to help someone's choice to end their life, coloured by their own experiences of witnessing other people's painful deaths.
If the government funded hospices, who provide first class end of life care, we wouldn't be limited to beds available at the few hospices that are predominantly funded by charititable donations. MacMillan provide fantastic end of life care to those who wish to die at home, but again, are limited to the amount of people they can provide this first class care, due to being funded again by charitable donations.
I am also concerned about the future of this possible new choice to end our lives, by how other countries have widened their parameters to give that choice to depressed people, homeless etc as mentioned previously. |
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I'll be blunt. The way I feel at the moment, if assisted suicide for non-terminal disability was legal, I might be very tempted. But I don't know if I'd feel differently if my medical care on the NHS was better. And if I didn't have to pay for my own care in full. If I didn't feel like such a massive waste of space and a burden to my family.
Frankly, I don't want that option to exist personally, because I couldn't trust myself to ignore it right now.
I know the current Bill isn't about non terminal illness, but we'll definitely get to that in the future, if this Bill passes. |
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"I'm very conflicted about it. Very. I'm not against the Bill as it stands, with assisted suicide only allowed in cases of terminal illness etc, BUT that's how most other countries started and many now have far wider ranging assisted suicide options. I do worry about the "slippery slope" effect and unless you've sat in a hospital and watched exactly how dysfunctional the NHS is, at close quarters, then you might not appreciate how very ill equipped it is to implement these things by the book.
While I was an inpatient, on one day, we suddenly had a flurry of DNR notices (on lilac paper) pinned at the end of the beds of several of the women on the ward with me. These women had been inpatients for several days or weeks by the time the lilac paper appeared. None of them had the capacity to consent to this themselves. I wondered a LOT as to where these DNRs suddenly came from and why. They correlated with the hospital calling a serious incident due to the overwhelming of A&E and lack of beds.
I am deeply skeptical as a disabled woman who is often treated as those I have a very different quality of life than I actually do have. Most of the time, clinical staff are astonished when I tell them I work FT and what my job is. The expectation of what disabled people look like and do in their lives is very skewed and I worry that once this tightly controlled Bill is law, there will be a slippery slope that has disabled people almost encouraged or suggested to carry out assisted suicide to alleviate issues that stem from a lack of proper care or a lack of proper treatment, due to NHS and social care failings, rather than due to a genuinely terrible quality of life. "
Sadly DNR'S don't always need consent, found that out when my father in law was given one by a consultant whilst in Arrowe Park,
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"I'm very conflicted about it. Very. I'm not against the Bill as it stands, with assisted suicide only allowed in cases of terminal illness etc, BUT that's how most other countries started and many now have far wider ranging assisted suicide options. I do worry about the "slippery slope" effect and unless you've sat in a hospital and watched exactly how dysfunctional the NHS is, at close quarters, then you might not appreciate how very ill equipped it is to implement these things by the book.
While I was an inpatient, on one day, we suddenly had a flurry of DNR notices (on lilac paper) pinned at the end of the beds of several of the women on the ward with me. These women had been inpatients for several days or weeks by the time the lilac paper appeared. None of them had the capacity to consent to this themselves. I wondered a LOT as to where these DNRs suddenly came from and why. They correlated with the hospital calling a serious incident due to the overwhelming of A&E and lack of beds.
I am deeply skeptical as a disabled woman who is often treated as those I have a very different quality of life than I actually do have. Most of the time, clinical staff are astonished when I tell them I work FT and what my job is. The expectation of what disabled people look like and do in their lives is very skewed and I worry that once this tightly controlled Bill is law, there will be a slippery slope that has disabled people almost encouraged or suggested to carry out assisted suicide to alleviate issues that stem from a lack of proper care or a lack of proper treatment, due to NHS and social care failings, rather than due to a genuinely terrible quality of life. Sadly DNR'S don't always need consent, found that out when my father in law was given one by a consultant whilst in Arrowe Park,
Mrs x"
I realise. Basically all the people who couldn't consent suddenly all had lilac DNR forms placed on the end of their bed on a clipboard, on the same day. On the same day the Trust declared a serious incident re: hospital occupancy levels, A&E congestion etc. The DNRs were not in place when the people were first admitted. Some had been inpatients for two weeks at that point. |
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"I'll be blunt. The way I feel at the moment, if assisted suicide for non-terminal disability was legal, I might be very tempted. But I don't know if I'd feel differently if my medical care on the NHS was better. And if I didn't have to pay for my own care in full. If I didn't feel like such a massive waste of space and a burden to my family.
Frankly, I don't want that option to exist personally, because I couldn't trust myself to ignore it right now.
I know the current Bill isn't about non terminal illness, but we'll definitely get to that in the future, if this Bill passes. "
This just makes me want to give you the biggest hug, Mrs x |
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"I'm very conflicted about it. Very. I'm not against the Bill as it stands, with assisted suicide only allowed in cases of terminal illness etc, BUT that's how most other countries started and many now have far wider ranging assisted suicide options. I do worry about the "slippery slope" effect and unless you've sat in a hospital and watched exactly how dysfunctional the NHS is, at close quarters, then you might not appreciate how very ill equipped it is to implement these things by the book.
While I was an inpatient, on one day, we suddenly had a flurry of DNR notices (on lilac paper) pinned at the end of the beds of several of the women on the ward with me. These women had been inpatients for several days or weeks by the time the lilac paper appeared. None of them had the capacity to consent to this themselves. I wondered a LOT as to where these DNRs suddenly came from and why. They correlated with the hospital calling a serious incident due to the overwhelming of A&E and lack of beds.
I am deeply skeptical as a disabled woman who is often treated as those I have a very different quality of life than I actually do have. Most of the time, clinical staff are astonished when I tell them I work FT and what my job is. The expectation of what disabled people look like and do in their lives is very skewed and I worry that once this tightly controlled Bill is law, there will be a slippery slope that has disabled people almost encouraged or suggested to carry out assisted suicide to alleviate issues that stem from a lack of proper care or a lack of proper treatment, due to NHS and social care failings, rather than due to a genuinely terrible quality of life. Sadly DNR'S don't always need consent, found that out when my father in law was given one by a consultant whilst in Arrowe Park,
Mrs x
I realise. Basically all the people who couldn't consent suddenly all had lilac DNR forms placed on the end of their bed on a clipboard, on the same day. On the same day the Trust declared a serious incident re: hospital occupancy levels, A&E congestion etc. The DNRs were not in place when the people were first admitted. Some had been inpatients for two weeks at that point. "
It's awful isn't it, Mrs x |
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Having watched my Dad die slowly from cancer earlier this year am definitely for this bill.
Several times he told us well before the end he'd had enough. The last week was particularly hard where 'palliative care' basically meant drugging him up to the gills whilst simultaneously starving him from any intake of food or water.
F*** that, give us the choice. |
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"I'll be blunt. The way I feel at the moment, if assisted suicide for non-terminal disability was legal, I might be very tempted. But I don't know if I'd feel differently if my medical care on the NHS was better. And if I didn't have to pay for my own care in full. If I didn't feel like such a massive waste of space and a burden to my family.
Frankly, I don't want that option to exist personally, because I couldn't trust myself to ignore it right now.
I know the current Bill isn't about non terminal illness, but we'll definitely get to that in the future, if this Bill passes. This just makes me want to give you the biggest hug, Mrs x"
I would give my right leg (the more functional of the two) for a hug right now. I hate being on my own at home all day. |
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"I'll be blunt. The way I feel at the moment, if assisted suicide for non-terminal disability was legal, I might be very tempted. But I don't know if I'd feel differently if my medical care on the NHS was better. And if I didn't have to pay for my own care in full. If I didn't feel like such a massive waste of space and a burden to my family.
Frankly, I don't want that option to exist personally, because I couldn't trust myself to ignore it right now.
I know the current Bill isn't about non terminal illness, but we'll definitely get to that in the future, if this Bill passes. This just makes me want to give you the biggest hug, Mrs x
I would give my right leg (the more functional of the two) for a hug right now. I hate being on my own at home all day. "
I'll be honest, hard job holding back the tears right now, thinking of you, Mrs x |
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By *abioMan 2 weeks ago
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Couple of things
So… 330 for 275 against…. That split was actually bigger than I thought it would be
I and glad they voted for… because an against would have just shut down the conversation,
It now goes into committee and report stage, the bill is going to be fleshed out, and at least we get to see what the actual bill would look like at 3rd reading.. and still get the chance to say no!
Also.. watch the 5hr debate.. this was actually handled by MPs in the best way possible, this was the best of parliament |
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By *apybarasCouple 2 weeks ago
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"To the mods… I get why you moved it.. but it was a great and positive and respectful discussion in the lounge
Sometimes, someone screaming politics feels like a cop out
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Ultimately everything is politics isn't it? I think the Politics forum is a good place for the argumentative left/right beliefs and policy stuff.
This thread has a much further reaching interest, and the conversation has been (as in Parliament) rather healthy and respectful. |
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MPs have done the right thing. I saw a poll today showing 71% in favour of the Bill, 5% undecided. That's a mandate. The emphasis now must be on safeguards and procedure. What will it say on the Death Certificate I wonder? |
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"MPs have done the right thing. I saw a poll today showing 71% in favour of the Bill, 5% undecided. That's a mandate. The emphasis now must be on safeguards and procedure. What will it say on the Death Certificate I wonder?"
The death certificate will have to be truthful, so something like "assisted suicide with X drug" as one of the primary causes, with the terminal illness as either another primary cause or as a secondary cause. |
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Great news!
It's fine to be concerned about how this might be be abused, and every effort should be made to make it as safe as possible.
But focusing on theoretical problems ignores all the people dying daily who will benefit from this. There is tremendous suffering going on right now that this will help.
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A weird one for me to think about, as look at it from a different way ...
If my dog was ill, cancer etc, pain would be put down even though it would half kill me.
If it's me that's going to die through various diseases, get hold off a shot gun ... choice has always been there to a point |
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"I'll be blunt. The way I feel at the moment, if assisted suicide for non-terminal disability was legal, I might be very tempted. But I don't know if I'd feel differently if my medical care on the NHS was better. And if I didn't have to pay for my own care in full. If I didn't feel like such a massive waste of space and a burden to my family.
Frankly, I don't want that option to exist personally, because I couldn't trust myself to ignore it right now.
I know the current Bill isn't about non terminal illness, but we'll definitely get to that in the future, if this Bill passes. "
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I had a relative who was in so much pain, that they had just enough. So the medicines were stopped and a big dose of pain killers were taken. That relative was not terminal, but the quality of life was zero. So I say a very controlled yes. |
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"How will this affect life insurance?dont they pay early on terminal illness anyway? Or some? "
I think it depends on the policy but I think you'd have to have a terminal illness that's expected to lead to death in a very short time frame. Many terminal illnesses have time spans of many years, of course. |
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Absolutely for, and I'd extend that to anyone over 18, regardless of illness or not.
Anyone with the capacity and desire can end their life at the moment, because they have the autonomy to do so already. The problem is, it ends up being done in the most tragic of ways, and potentially harms others. Sometimes the attempt backfires, and now the individual has a lifetime of specialist care.
A pathway to end your life safely, sanely and at the consent of the individual supports personal autonomy. |
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"To the mods… I get why you moved it.. but it was a great and positive and respectful discussion in the lounge
Sometimes, someone screaming politics feels like a cop out "
It's literally a vote in Parliament by politicians. Of course its a politics thread. |
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I do not support it.
Plus I think you would need a few pennies to go through the legal system for the judge to allow it.
So if you have no cash for the legal proceeding your out.
Plus I would need cash for the actual deed.
So no I do not support this. |
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"I do not support it.
Plus I think you would need a few pennies to go through the legal system for the judge to allow it.
So if you have no cash for the legal proceeding your out.
Plus I would need cash for the actual deed.
So no I do not support this."
Where does it say people would pay for it? It seems to be intended that it would be a service provided as part of palliative care on the NHS. And no-one would need to go to court. It would be consented like any other medical procedure - explained and discussed verbally, documented and then some sort of consent document signed by all involved. |
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"I'll be blunt. The way I feel at the moment, if assisted suicide for non-terminal disability was legal, I might be very tempted. But I don't know if I'd feel differently if my medical care on the NHS was better. And if I didn't have to pay for my own care in full. If I didn't feel like such a massive waste of space and a burden to my family.
Frankly, I don't want that option to exist personally, because I couldn't trust myself to ignore it right now.
I know the current Bill isn't about non terminal illness, but we'll definitely get to that in the future, if this Bill passes. This just makes me want to give you the biggest hug, Mrs x
I would give my right leg (the more functional of the two) for a hug right now. I hate being on my own at home all day. "
Sending virtual hugs x
You give more to your family than any amount of money that being with them costs. You give love and energy that has no limit to its value.
I am for the bill as it stands currently as I understand it and I too am surprised by the divide and difference in vote numbers.
Altho I am ambulatorily mobile my fine motor skills are diminishing so even things like pushing pills out of a blister pack and opening a bottle of drinking water are problematic for me on bad days. I would be able to administer liquids via a straw currently but I wouldn’t necessarily be able to prepare a solution. |
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"I do not support it.
Plus I think you would need a few pennies to go through the legal system for the judge to allow it.
So if you have no cash for the legal proceeding your out.
Plus I would need cash for the actual deed.
So no I do not support this."
An average credit card limit will be adequate to fund this, maybe two. |
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"I do not support it.
Plus I think you would need a few pennies to go through the legal system for the judge to allow it.
So if you have no cash for the legal proceeding your out.
Plus I would need cash for the actual deed.
So no I do not support this.
Where does it say people would pay for it? It seems to be intended that it would be a service provided as part of palliative care on the NHS. And no-one would need to go to court. It would be consented like any other medical procedure - explained and discussed verbally, documented and then some sort of consent document signed by all involved. "
it said on the news 2 doctors and a judge would need to sign it off 🤷 |
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"I do not support it.
Plus I think you would need a few pennies to go through the legal system for the judge to allow it.
So if you have no cash for the legal proceeding your out.
Plus I would need cash for the actual deed.
So no I do not support this.
Where does it say people would pay for it? It seems to be intended that it would be a service provided as part of palliative care on the NHS. And no-one would need to go to court. It would be consented like any other medical procedure - explained and discussed verbally, documented and then some sort of consent document signed by all involved. it said on the news 2 doctors and a judge would need to sign it off 🤷"
I'd imagine the judge sign off would be on paper. Good luck on getting terminally ill people to attend court. The 2 doctors things will possibly in the same vein (pun not intended) as with abortion, which also has to be signed off by 2 doctors.
I suggest it will be Doctor 1 fills in/sign paperwork with the person who is applying for assisted suicide.
Doctor 2 (from a different team/medical practice) reviews the case notes and application and either countersigns or declines.
Assuming both doctors have signed, something will be lodged on paper with the Court of Protection, much the same as many application made on paper re: people lacking mental capacity, and a judge makes a paper judgment, based on the case history/notes and the consent/application via the two doctors.
If this is going to cost people money, then it's going to create a two tier health system. I can't see how the NHS will charge, save the possible payment of a prescription charge for the medications prescribed to bring about death.
Abortion requires many of the same safeguards but can be obtained free of charge from the NHS. |
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"I do not support it.
Plus I think you would need a few pennies to go through the legal system for the judge to allow it.
So if you have no cash for the legal proceeding your out.
Plus I would need cash for the actual deed.
So no I do not support this.
Where does it say people would pay for it? It seems to be intended that it would be a service provided as part of palliative care on the NHS. And no-one would need to go to court. It would be consented like any other medical procedure - explained and discussed verbally, documented and then some sort of consent document signed by all involved. it said on the news 2 doctors and a judge would need to sign it off 🤷
I'd imagine the judge sign off would be on paper. Good luck on getting terminally ill people to attend court. The 2 doctors things will possibly in the same vein (pun not intended) as with abortion, which also has to be signed off by 2 doctors.
I suggest it will be Doctor 1 fills in/sign paperwork with the person who is applying for assisted suicide.
Doctor 2 (from a different team/medical practice) reviews the case notes and application and either countersigns or declines.
Assuming both doctors have signed, something will be lodged on paper with the Court of Protection, much the same as many application made on paper re: people lacking mental capacity, and a judge makes a paper judgment, based on the case history/notes and the consent/application via the two doctors.
If this is going to cost people money, then it's going to create a two tier health system. I can't see how the NHS will charge, save the possible payment of a prescription charge for the medications prescribed to bring about death.
Abortion requires many of the same safeguards but can be obtained free of charge from the NHS. "
id think it will be outsourced through a seperate company working in partnership with the nhs so nhs will fund it but it seperates the 2 names legally for any possible problems down the line 🤷maybe not just thinking how a business would approach this |
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The first doctor can shop around for a colleague that agrees with then. The judges consent will just be a rubber stamp in many cases.
How anyone can support this Bill, which was only published 3 weeks ago, after the horrors of assisted suicide in Holland and Canada is beyond me.
When the same things happen here no doubt the supporters will be the first to be surprised and horrified. |
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"How anyone can support this Bill, which was only published 3 weeks ago, after the horrors of assisted suicide in Holland and Canada is beyond me."
What horrors have been seen in Holland and Canada? |
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"How anyone can support this Bill, which was only published 3 weeks ago, after the horrors of assisted suicide in Holland and Canada is beyond me.
What horrors have been seen in Holland and Canada?"
Many examples but the heartbreaking case of Aurelia Brouwers is one that stands out.  |
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The historian Tom Holland put it well on X:
'It’s lucky we have a famously competent state, a well-funded health service, & courts with plenty of time on their hands, or I’d be worrying that this is a terrible decision.' |
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By *abioMan 2 weeks ago
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"To the mods… I get why you moved it.. but it was a great and positive and respectful discussion in the lounge
Sometimes, someone screaming politics feels like a cop out
It's literally a vote in Parliament by politicians. Of course its a politics thread."
Because it had been decided by all the parties that it would be a free vote, I don’t see it as political
If the vote and debate had literally not been today people would have talked about it in generality and I don’t think any of the posts were of a political nature before it was moved
It’s a subject that isn’t political as such… it’s way beyond that
The reason why I am happy that the 2nd reading passed is that all today was , was an “in principle” vote…. Nothing more
A no vote today would have stifled conversation and ended it
Now the process is going to have to answer all the in process questions…
Who does what? How? On NHS or private? Who would be eligible? What safeguards? .. and those just the “health” questions.. you then have a bunch of judicial questions as well…
Nothing is going to change or happen tomorrow, this is going to be in committee and report for a while, without even thinking about amendments….
We get to see what an actual full bill looks like, we get to vote on that bill and again it will be a free vote…… |
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By *aven3Man 2 weeks ago
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As my father used to say,"you would not be allowed to do that to an animal".I saw a friend go through MND.200% in favour,and have been for many years.As usual,it's a tiny minority that will try to scupper the bill
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It was possibly the only moment in commons history that you could have heard a pin drop for at least 10 long seconds after the result was read....I wonder what was going through people minds, was it surprise and questioning of what had just happened? Were they shocked at the result?
There was an eerie silence. |
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"I am for it, your life, your choice.
The choice will be on two doctors and a judge "
I truly hope decisions will be properly scrutinised. Other medical matters requiring 2 doctors etc. have become less scrutinised (potentially both positive and negative, depending how you look at it). |
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I used to be slightly in favour of it but now I am slightly against.
Hardly any countries actually have laws permitting assisted suicide, so the UK will be amongst a very small minority who do (less than a dozen out of 190 odd countries).
Over time the circumstances where it can be used will just massively expand. I was watching some interview with a guy in Canada recently who was going down the assisted suicide route because he was suffering from chronic back pain and couldn’t work and couldn’t survive on benefits and he was going to end up homeless.
So basically the state was using assisted suicide as a way of avoiding paying properly for vulnerable people to survive.
It always starts off with narrow criteria for qualification and then gradually expands. |
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If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x |
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"I used to be slightly in favour of it but now I am slightly against.
Hardly any countries actually have laws permitting assisted suicide, so the UK will be amongst a very small minority who do (less than a dozen out of 190 odd countries).
Over time the circumstances where it can be used will just massively expand. I was watching some interview with a guy in Canada recently who was going down the assisted suicide route because he was suffering from chronic back pain and couldn’t work and couldn’t survive on benefits and he was going to end up homeless.
So basically the state was using assisted suicide as a way of avoiding paying properly for vulnerable people to survive.
It always starts off with narrow criteria for qualification and then gradually expands."
I am strongly against, but for all those reasons. This is not a power we should be giving the state, especially with a broken and dysfunctional national health system that has failed so many time in its basic duties of care. |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x"
I don’t think my sick dog is able to offer much of an opinion on its situation. |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x"
I think any vet will tell you terrible stories of pets being euthanized because they were simply unwanted or too much hassle to look after. |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x"
If you saw someone on a bridge about to jump would you play Van Halen to them? |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x"
I think the vet might get a bit twitchy if you turned up with granny and asked him to end her suffering  |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x
I think any vet will tell you terrible stories of pets being euthanized because they were simply unwanted or too much hassle to look after."
A bit like some people find with their relatives. I think the word is "burden". |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x"
Based on the whole dignity, suffering blah blah, if I were the family pet, I'd have been 6ft under some time ago. We apply different criteria to humans than animals, probably rightly so, although I know some people would like equity of treatment across all living beings. I'm not clear if to achieve equity, we should treat animals better, humans worse or some other combination therein. |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x
Based on the whole dignity, suffering blah blah, if I were the family pet, I'd have been 6ft under some time ago. We apply different criteria to humans than animals, probably rightly so, although I know some people would like equity of treatment across all living beings. I'm not clear if to achieve equity, we should treat animals better, humans worse or some other combination therein. "
I'm not equating animals and humans I'm just saying as we are animals guardians we have a duty of care over them. As a human you can determine what you want and your wishes should be respected.
I meant more about those that have lost capacity and cannot make that decision for themselves.
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x
I think any vet will tell you terrible stories of pets being euthanized because they were simply unwanted or too much hassle to look after.
A bit like some people find with their relatives. I think the word is "burden". "
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I'm for the bill but I understand the concerns of those against. However, I think it's a disgrace that 38 MPs failed to vote... there's no excuse for that, voting by proxy is the answer unless they don't have the bottle to make a decision in which case they shouldn't be MPs |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x
Based on the whole dignity, suffering blah blah, if I were the family pet, I'd have been 6ft under some time ago. We apply different criteria to humans than animals, probably rightly so, although I know some people would like equity of treatment across all living beings. I'm not clear if to achieve equity, we should treat animals better, humans worse or some other combination therein. I'm not equating animals and humans I'm just saying as we are animals guardians we have a duty of care over them. As a human you can determine what you want and your wishes should be respected.
I meant more about those that have lost capacity and cannot make that decision for themselves.
Mrs x"
But the Assisted Dying Bill only applies (rightly imo) to those with that capacity. |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x
Based on the whole dignity, suffering blah blah, if I were the family pet, I'd have been 6ft under some time ago. We apply different criteria to humans than animals, probably rightly so, although I know some people would like equity of treatment across all living beings. I'm not clear if to achieve equity, we should treat animals better, humans worse or some other combination therein. I'm not equating animals and humans I'm just saying as we are animals guardians we have a duty of care over them. As a human you can determine what you want and your wishes should be respected.
I meant more about those that have lost capacity and cannot make that decision for themselves.
Mrs x
But the Assisted Dying Bill only applies (rightly imo) to those with that capacity."
My Father in Law died from Vascular Dementia. He survived for over 8 years with the disease but he and everything about him, which made him, him, disappeared after about three years. His decline was such that not only did he lose his memory, he lost executive function and couldn't process any information. He lost the ability to walk because he just 'forgot' how to. He became faecally and urinalysis incontinent. He basically then starved himself to death as he first forgot to recognise he was hungry and then he forgot how to 'chew' before finally forgetting how to swallow. He recieved his DNR whilst in hospital after intubating food into his airways instead of his gullet.
So yes I think there are times when you should be allowed for a love one or nominated person to decide you have suffered enough and to bring it all to an end peacefully.
Degenerative brain conditions means, in lots of cases, you lose your love ones twice. I know if I couldn't think for myself, walk, talk, whilst sitting in a puddle of piss and shit I'd want someone to help me end it. I know my Father in Law would have wanted that but he wasn't allowed it.
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x
Based on the whole dignity, suffering blah blah, if I were the family pet, I'd have been 6ft under some time ago. We apply different criteria to humans than animals, probably rightly so, although I know some people would like equity of treatment across all living beings. I'm not clear if to achieve equity, we should treat animals better, humans worse or some other combination therein. I'm not equating animals and humans I'm just saying as we are animals guardians we have a duty of care over them. As a human you can determine what you want and your wishes should be respected.
I meant more about those that have lost capacity and cannot make that decision for themselves.
Mrs x
But the Assisted Dying Bill only applies (rightly imo) to those with that capacity.My Father in Law died from Vascular Dementia. He survived for over 8 years with the disease but he and everything about him, which made him, him, disappeared after about three years. His decline was such that not only did he lose his memory, he lost executive function and couldn't process any information. He lost the ability to walk because he just 'forgot' how to. He became faecally and urinalysis incontinent. He basically then starved himself to death as he first forgot to recognise he was hungry and then he forgot how to 'chew' before finally forgetting how to swallow. He recieved his DNR whilst in hospital after intubating food into his airways instead of his gullet.
So yes I think there are times when you should be allowed for a love one or nominated person to decide you have suffered enough and to bring it all to an end peacefully.
Degenerative brain conditions means, in lots of cases, you lose your love ones twice. I know if I couldn't think for myself, walk, talk, whilst sitting in a puddle of piss and shit I'd want someone to help me end it. I know my Father in Law would have wanted that but he wasn't allowed it.
Mrs x "
My father is following the same set of problems for the same reason. |
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"If you had a pet, who had very little quality of life and was in pain, you'd be accused of cruelty if you didn't take them to the vets to end their suffering.
Surely your loved ones deserve to be treated with such dignity, Mrs x
Based on the whole dignity, suffering blah blah, if I were the family pet, I'd have been 6ft under some time ago. We apply different criteria to humans than animals, probably rightly so, although I know some people would like equity of treatment across all living beings. I'm not clear if to achieve equity, we should treat animals better, humans worse or some other combination therein. I'm not equating animals and humans I'm just saying as we are animals guardians we have a duty of care over them. As a human you can determine what you want and your wishes should be respected.
I meant more about those that have lost capacity and cannot make that decision for themselves.
Mrs x
But the Assisted Dying Bill only applies (rightly imo) to those with that capacity.My Father in Law died from Vascular Dementia. He survived for over 8 years with the disease but he and everything about him, which made him, him, disappeared after about three years. His decline was such that not only did he lose his memory, he lost executive function and couldn't process any information. He lost the ability to walk because he just 'forgot' how to. He became faecally and urinalysis incontinent. He basically then starved himself to death as he first forgot to recognise he was hungry and then he forgot how to 'chew' before finally forgetting how to swallow. He recieved his DNR whilst in hospital after intubating food into his airways instead of his gullet.
So yes I think there are times when you should be allowed for a love one or nominated person to decide you have suffered enough and to bring it all to an end peacefully.
Degenerative brain conditions means, in lots of cases, you lose your love ones twice. I know if I couldn't think for myself, walk, talk, whilst sitting in a puddle of piss and shit I'd want someone to help me end it. I know my Father in Law would have wanted that but he wasn't allowed it.
Mrs x
My father is following the same set of problems for the same reason. "
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My twopenn'orth? The stats from Dignitas show a little over 3,900 clients (for want of a better word) in the 25 years from 1998 to 2023. That's an average of 156 per year. Can't see any floodgates opening in the UK if the Bill is passed. Then factor in that only people who are mentally competent can apply - so what? There's nothing stopping them from killing themselves now, stockpile enough Oramorph perhaps, or go out on a freezing hillside one night with next to no protective clothing. Suicide is no longer a criminal offence. Those poor souls who are not competent or who are physically unable to do the deed would not be eligible anyway. |
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"My twopenn'orth? The stats from Dignitas show a little over 3,900 clients (for want of a better word) in the 25 years from 1998 to 2023. That's an average of 156 per year. Can't see any floodgates opening in the UK if the Bill is passed. Then factor in that only people who are mentally competent can apply - so what? There's nothing stopping them from killing themselves now, stockpile enough Oramorph perhaps, or go out on a freezing hillside one night with next to no protective clothing. Suicide is no longer a criminal offence. Those poor souls who are not competent or who are physically unable to do the deed would not be eligible anyway."
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"My twopenn'orth? The stats from Dignitas show a little over 3,900 clients (for want of a better word) in the 25 years from 1998 to 2023. That's an average of 156 per year. Can't see any floodgates opening in the UK if the Bill is passed. Then factor in that only people who are mentally competent can apply - so what? There's nothing stopping them from killing themselves now, stockpile enough Oramorph perhaps, or go out on a freezing hillside one night with next to no protective clothing. Suicide is no longer a criminal offence. Those poor souls who are not competent or who are physically unable to do the deed would not be eligible anyway."
1) Going to Dignitas is expensive.
2) Anyone giving even the slightest assistance to travel to Dignitas are currently breaking the law and the fear of incriminating family and friends puts a lot of people off.
3) It's impossible to be certain you would achieve the desired outcome of death by chugging Oramorph (prescriptions for which are highly controlled and regulated) nor frankly by most methods the average terminally ill person is likely able to access.
4) Many terminally ill people seeking suicide are not able to get to the medicine cabinet or go waltzing around various pharmacies trying to obtain enough medication to achieve death. Anyone aiding them to stockpile, obtain excess or have excess in their reach (if usually bed bound or otherwise unable to self medicate), then again, the law is being broken.
5) Medical professional who prescribe or dispense excess controlled drugs are also liable to be prosecuted.
Can you spot any issues with your earlier post?
And I don't even support this Bill, particularly.
(I'm very conflicted for reasons I've already explained). |
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I am assuming that number has taken out the Sinn Fein MPs who are never present, plus the SNP, who decided to abstain as they don’t vote on issues that specifically don’t relate to Scotland ( the Westminster bill relates to England and wales only, although there is a specific bill with the same language that is going to be debated in holyrood in a few weeks time)
Actually at 2nd reading I am not as bothered that 38 decided not to vote… because it still has a long way to go… if I were an mp I might have been tempted to abstain just because if you were a very soft yes, or a very soft no, I would want to see what the actual bill looked like and the mechanics of how it would look and work
If they don’t vote at 3rd bill stage, then that is the stage where unless there were very good reasons.. I would raise questions at my mp… |
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"My twopenn'orth? The stats from Dignitas show a little over 3,900 clients (for want of a better word) in the 25 years from 1998 to 2023. That's an average of 156 per year. Can't see any floodgates opening in the UK if the Bill is passed. Then factor in that only people who are mentally competent can apply - so what? There's nothing stopping them from killing themselves now, stockpile enough Oramorph perhaps, or go out on a freezing hillside one night with next to no protective clothing. Suicide is no longer a criminal offence. Those poor souls who are not competent or who are physically unable to do the deed would not be eligible anyway.
1) Going to Dignitas is expensive.
2) Anyone giving even the slightest assistance to travel to Dignitas are currently breaking the law and the fear of incriminating family and friends puts a lot of people off.
3) It's impossible to be certain you would achieve the desired outcome of death by chugging Oramorph (prescriptions for which are highly controlled and regulated) nor frankly by most methods the average terminally ill person is likely able to access.
4) Many terminally ill people seeking suicide are not able to get to the medicine cabinet or go waltzing around various pharmacies trying to obtain enough medication to achieve death. Anyone aiding them to stockpile, obtain excess or have excess in their reach (if usually bed bound or otherwise unable to self medicate), then again, the law is being broken.
5) Medical professional who prescribe or dispense excess controlled drugs are also liable to be prosecuted.
Can you spot any issues with your earlier post?
And I don't even support this Bill, particularly.
(I'm very conflicted for reasons I've already explained)."
My point was that for all the talk and fuss about this bill I genuinely believe it's being over-thought. I'm very have no strong opinion about it either way. I happen to think there are other issues affecting more people which are more deserving of parliamentary time, but hey, it's on the table and MPs are free to vote how they wish. I just don't see why so many people seem to think it will unleash a torrent of assisted deaths where the person concerned been coerced or something. Dignitas may be expensive but their stats are for the whole of the world and the numbers don't suggest that the right to end your own life is serially misused. I know that a person assisting someone to go to a Dignitas clinic may be liable to prosecution in this country, which in and of itself might be a good argument in favour of the bill, but that's not part of the original question. |
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"My twopenn'orth? The stats from Dignitas show a little over 3,900 clients (for want of a better word) in the 25 years from 1998 to 2023. That's an average of 156 per year. Can't see any floodgates opening in the UK if the Bill is passed. Then factor in that only people who are mentally competent can apply - so what? There's nothing stopping them from killing themselves now, stockpile enough Oramorph perhaps, or go out on a freezing hillside one night with next to no protective clothing. Suicide is no longer a criminal offence. Those poor souls who are not competent or who are physically unable to do the deed would not be eligible anyway.
Thank you for your empathy."
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"My twopenn'orth? The stats from Dignitas show a little over 3,900 clients (for want of a better word) in the 25 years from 1998 to 2023. That's an average of 156 per year. Can't see any floodgates opening in the UK if the Bill is passed. Then factor in that only people who are mentally competent can apply - so what? There's nothing stopping them from killing themselves now, stockpile enough Oramorph perhaps, or go out on a freezing hillside one night with next to no protective clothing. Suicide is no longer a criminal offence. Those poor souls who are not competent or who are physically unable to do the deed would not be eligible anyway.
1) Going to Dignitas is expensive.
2) Anyone giving even the slightest assistance to travel to Dignitas are currently breaking the law and the fear of incriminating family and friends puts a lot of people off.
3) It's impossible to be certain you would achieve the desired outcome of death by chugging Oramorph (prescriptions for which are highly controlled and regulated) nor frankly by most methods the average terminally ill person is likely able to access.
4) Many terminally ill people seeking suicide are not able to get to the medicine cabinet or go waltzing around various pharmacies trying to obtain enough medication to achieve death. Anyone aiding them to stockpile, obtain excess or have excess in their reach (if usually bed bound or otherwise unable to self medicate), then again, the law is being broken.
5) Medical professional who prescribe or dispense excess controlled drugs are also liable to be prosecuted.
Can you spot any issues with your earlier post?
And I don't even support this Bill, particularly.
(I'm very conflicted for reasons I've already explained).
My point was that for all the talk and fuss about this bill I genuinely believe it's being over-thought. I'm very have no strong opinion about it either way. I happen to think there are other issues affecting more people which are more deserving of parliamentary time, but hey, it's on the table and MPs are free to vote how they wish. I just don't see why so many people seem to think it will unleash a torrent of assisted deaths where the person concerned been coerced or something. Dignitas may be expensive but their stats are for the whole of the world and the numbers don't suggest that the right to end your own life is serially misused. I know that a person assisting someone to go to a Dignitas clinic may be liable to prosecution in this country, which in and of itself might be a good argument in favour of the bill, but that's not part of the original question. "
How can you describe it as "over thinking" when the outcome of the Bill passing into law is likely to be that doctors will be able to provide medication and assist with the administration of that medicine, for the purposes of suicide? We NEED to over think this kind of thing! There's perhaps nothing more that requires more thinking, than making it legal for certain people to assist others to die. There are too many ways such powers could be abused, both by medical professionals and relatives of sick people. |
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Over thinking in the sense of everyone who is not an MP over thinking it to the extent that they seriously believe it will result in many thousands of assisted suicides per annum. When the evidence suggests otherwise. |
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"Over thinking in the sense of everyone who is not an MP over thinking it to the extent that they seriously believe it will result in many thousands of assisted suicides per annum. When the evidence suggests otherwise. "
Again. It's not the volume of assisted suicides that people are "over thinking". It's the rights and wrongs of how it might work and the very real potential for abuse and coercion.
There's also very real concern about the limited scope of this Bill opening up the "slippery slope" in the future, for wider ranging assisted suicide options. The evidence for that is countries like Canada and the Netherlands, where the current fairly wide ranging options are an evolution of originally narrow scoping legislation. |
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Interested to know the answer though. 