Easeful Death
The Times editorial on Scotland’s assisted dying bill:
The proposed legislation has reignited a difficult debate. Proponents must consider and confront the potential dangers for the living.
The debate on assisted dying refuses to expire: it keeps on generating powerful arguments on both sides, often informed by gruelling personal experience. Yet thus far UK legislatures have repeatedly rejected any law which gives the terminally ill medical assistance to end their own lives. That could change in Scotland if a new bill tabled by the Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur is successful.
In constructing his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, McArthur has sought to allay widespread concerns about a “slippery slope”. Under the proposed law, a patient could only receive assistance to die if they were over 16, had a terminal illness — which would be defined as “advanced and progressive” — and were ruled mentally fit to make the decision by two doctors.
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