Scots assisted suicide bill a threat to vulnerable and disabled lives
from CARE:
Assisted suicide legislation lodged in the Scottish Parliament “poses huge risks to the most vulnerable in Scottish society”, campaigners have said.
And an expert in bioethics warns that a move to assisted suicide would undermine principle of “the equal worth of all lives”.
This morning, it was announced that member’s legislation by Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur will be lodged today, designed to introduce assisted suicide for terminally ill adults.
Responding to the news, Michael Veitch, Parliamentary Officer at public policy charity CARE for Scotland, commented:
“It’s hugely dispiriting to see another attempt to change the law around assisted suicide in Scotland. Both Holyrood and the UK Parliament have rejected this kind of legislation in recent years and for good reason. It poses huge risks to the most vulnerable in Scottish society.
“This law will not just affect the small number of individuals who might choose to access assisted suicide. It will affect every person living with a terminal illness, fundamentally alter the doctor-patient relationship, devalue disabled people’s lives, and undermine wide efforts to prevent suicide.
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