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Glasgow politician writes deeply personal letter over Assisted Dying Bill

Pam Duncan-Glancy, a Glasgow Labour MSP and wheelchair user, voiced concerns about the Assisted Dying Bill in Scotland.
MSPs consider the bill, as MPs in England contemplate similar legislation, prompting debate and raising ethical questions.
Duncan-Glancy fears the bill endangers sick and disabled individuals, as it could make them vulnerable to pressure.
Duncan-Glancy stated, "As legislators, we should legislate for support to help people live, not to make it easier to die."
If the bill passes, some worry that accessing assistance to end life might become easier than receiving support to live.

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Sky News UK

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The cheerful optimism of supporters of the assisted dying bill has turned to nervousness

The next vote on the historic legislation will take place as early as next month - meaning MPs must make their minds up about a bill that evokes strong emotions and will have consequences far beyond parliament.

3 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Scotsman

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Entire Assisted Dying Bill may be beyond Holyrood's powers, warn legal experts

Academics said there could be a ‘long and contentious road ahead’

3 days ago·Scotland, United Kingdom

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Glasgow Times

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Glasgow politician writes deeply personal letter over Assisted Dying Bill

A Glasgow politician has written a personal letter to fellow MSPs urging them to reject the Assisted Dying Bill.

4 days ago·Glasgow, United Kingdom

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The Herald Scotland

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Disabled MSP urges colleagues to vote against assisted dying law

Holyrood’s only wheelchair using MSP has urged her colleagues to vote against plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland.

4 days ago·Scotland, United Kingdom

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compactmag.com

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How Assisted Suicide Will Undo the NHS

What do opponents of assisted suicide fear? It isn’t just that thousands of people will request lethal drugs because they feel like a burden, because their care is too expensive, because they are depressed, because they were let down by the system. It isn’t just the deaths from coercion, manipulation and malpractice. There is something else as well, harder to describe but nevertheless important.Last week, the MPs examining Britain’s assisted sui…

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Assisted Dying: We Cannot Ignore The Societal Context

I should say at the outset of this piece that I hesitated before writing at all about this subject. It’s one which evokes particularly strong responses understandably and on both sides of the debate. For most I’d imagine it’s also not something which can be viewed through a traditional left/right prism or of any collective political thought. It’s an issue of conscience and in many ways our own spiritual and moral guidance, not an area the vast m…

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