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.
News and press releases
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Dignity in Dying Scotland welcome introduction of new Assisted Dying Bill in Scottish Parliament
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New polling shows overwhelming support for Scottish Parliament to reconsider laws on assisted dying
A new poll has revealed overwhelming support among Scots for the Scottish Parliament to reconsider the law on assisted dying.
Blog
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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
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Momentum for change is building right across the British Isles, with 3 jurisdictions due to debate assisted dying this year.
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) June 22, 2021
Law-makers on Jersey can & should lead the way; recognising that the current choices available to dying people are not sufficienthttps://t.co/YoXnxhlBjs
Jersey citizens have declared loud and clear that they want choice.
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) June 22, 2021
Law-makers around the British Isles are concluding what the public has long known; the current law cannot give our dying citizens the choice, control, compassion or protection they need.https://t.co/Z1eo99PfRV
Alain devoted his final months to fighting for change, knowing it would likely come too late for him.
— Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) June 22, 2021
He would have been delighted to learn that the citizens’ jury and the people of Jersey are wholeheartedly behind his calls for greater choice and controlhttps://t.co/85oF2eEyNV