Terminally ill Scot Richard Selley sends final plea to Parliamentarians to legalise assisted dying, on the day he is due to die at Dignitas.
A poll commissioned by Dignity in Dying Scotland, Friends at the End and Humanist Society Scotland shows that more than three quarters of Scots (76%) want the Scottish Parliament to debate assisted dying after the Parliamentary elections in May.
Our priority is to keep people safe while continuing to amplify the voices of terminally ill people and their loved ones who continue to be impacted by the UK’s broken law on assisted dying.
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
Our Chief Executive responds to The Economist’s recent series of articles, ‘the case for and against assisted dying’
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
Having the option of an assisted death would allow Anita to stop worrying about dying, and get on with living.
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) January 21, 2021
“Let’s stop this being a taboo.
Let’s stop this being such an awkward subject to talk about.” pic.twitter.com/aXdgwVIC6o
2020 was a pivotal year for the assisted dying campaign.
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) January 21, 2021
The time is coming for Parliament to look again at the failures of our law.https://t.co/FsWEDGUk60
In November, a terminally ill frontline NHS professional was forced to travel to Dignitas prematurely and alone, for fear of the lockdown jeopardising her plans and family members being prosecuted for accompanying her.https://t.co/L7qbRV6KDm pic.twitter.com/rZDEYjEO7d
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) January 21, 2021