Campaigners warn against changing euthanasia laws after death of Marieke Vervoort
from Christian Today:
Care Not Killing is warning against changing UK laws on euthanasia following the death of Olympic gold medallist Marieke Vervoort.
The coalition, which is opposed to the legalisation of assisted suicide, said it was “extremely sad” that the Belgian paralympian had chosen to end her life.
The 40-year-old won gold and silver at the London 2012 Olympics, and another silver at the Rio 2016 games.
She suffered from an incurable degenerative muscle disease that left her relying on pain killers. In a BBC interview in 2016, she said that the pain sometimes caused her to “scream” and that she also suffered from epileptic attacks.
In 2008, she signed papers in her native Belgium, where euthanasia is legal, giving doctors permission to assist in her death in the future.
Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, said it was important that the status quo be retained in the UK.
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