MSP behind Scotland’s assisted dying bill accepted donations from big pharma linked euthanasia lobby group

Dec 9, 2024 by Jill

by John Ferguson, Daily Record:

The MSP behind Scotland’s assisted dying bill accepted thousands of pounds from a euthanasia lobby group with links to a tax haven and the US pharmaceutical industry.

Lib Dem Liam McArthur’s register of interests reveal he received £35,949 – with Dignity in Dying providing £11,983 of the total – to fund a member of staff to work on his campaign.

He was also among a group of MSPs who accepted travel, accommodation and meals worth £2,694 each from Dignity in Dying to travel to California to meet advocates of the state’s End of Life Options Act.

Dignity in Dying’s sister charity Compassion in Dying received £300,000 from Church Street Trustees – a secretive firm registered in St Helier on Jersey which was named in the notorious Panama Papers data leak.

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