Richard Selley calls for legalisation of assisted dying, on day he is due to die at Dignitas
Terminally ill Scot Richard Selley sends final plea to Parliamentarians to legalise assisted dying, on the day he is due to die at Dignitas.
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Richard Selley calls for legalisation of assisted dying, on day he is due to die at Dignitas
Terminally ill Scot Richard Selley sends final plea to Parliamentarians to legalise assisted dying, on the day he is due to die at Dignitas.
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‘Let’s do the Right Thing’ Dignity in Dying Scotland campaign launches as poll shows almost 90% of Scots now in favour of assisted dying
A poll commissioned by Dignity in Dying Scotland shows that almost nine out of ten Scots questioned now support assisted dying becoming law.
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The Times Scotland: Assisted dying can complement palliative care
Richard Selley has written in The Times’s Thunderer column about reactions to his plan to end his life at Dignitas in Switzerland. Richard is in the final stages of motor neurone disease
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Listen to the true experts on death and dying – terminally ill people
Our Chief Executive responds to The Economist’s recent series of articles, ‘the case for and against assisted dying’
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A good assisted death can be a gift from God
I have come to realise that there are strong theological reasons to support a change in the law to allow people control over their death
@dignityindying
A law is clearly not working if it makes criminals of innocent great-grandmothers.
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) January 28, 2020
Under an assisted dying law this would never have happened.
An inquiry would enable the views of those most affected to be heard.#CompassionIsNotACrime pic.twitter.com/qmOH5zmPpH
"If an assisted death was possible in Scotland I would be able to die at a time of my choosing, at home."
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) January 28, 2020
Richard died peacefully at Dignitas.
Before he travelled he made this video eloquently explaining the problems with our broken law.
He should have been able to die at home pic.twitter.com/3VQAKwr0t0
Not only are dying people denied the right to die on their own terms, forcing them to resort to drastic measures at home and abroad, but their family members are then criminalised for acts of love.#CompassionIsNotACrime pic.twitter.com/GfO1gKhtYI
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) January 28, 2020