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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 18 Mar 06:40
As many say this probably should have gone to the public to vote on, rather than a handful of people in parliament, whose constituents will all have varying feelings over the decision.
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Topic Originator: hurricane_jimmy
Date: Wed 18 Mar 12:09
If you look through the list at who voted against, a large number of them are religious including prominent figures such as Kate Forbes, John Swinney, Humza Yousuf and Anas Sarwar.
While they`ll claim otherwise, their vote will be heavily influenced by these nonsense beliefs that are not in-keeping with the majority of Scots that identify as non-religious.
When the patient was required to meet very specific criteria, undergo the numerous checks and administer the lethal drug dose themselves (rather than burdening medical staff or families) then there really is no excuse to vote against the bill.
As others have said, this should be put to a public vote - potentially at the May election - and I`m sure a vastly different conclusion would have been reached.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Wed 18 Mar 17:07
I`m sure there are valid reasons to reject (it`s not as black and white as it seems), as someone who watched someone suffer through their final days, this is really disappointing. While the option to let someone go would be hard, it would offer far more dignity and peace than watching them fade away in pain.
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Wed 18 Mar 17:15
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jake89, Wed 18 Mar 17:07
I`m sure there are valid reasons to reject (it`s not as black and white as it seems), as someone who watched someone suffer through their final days, this is really disappointing. While the option to let someone go would be hard, it would offer far more dignity and peace than watching them fade away in pain.
This.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: Hoolie
Date: Tue 24 Mar 09:27
I agree with Jake on this. I have personally been with 2 people watching them suffer in extreme pain till they passed and you would`nt treat an animal like that tbh.
I suppose you die on the overdose of morphine that is trying to take the pain away but it is not nice to watch.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Fri 27 Mar 14:26
I may have misunderstood his comments.
However, listening to Colin Mackay`s report on STV I got the impression a number of MSPs were concerned about the legal position of medical staff who would be expected to support in assisted dying.
Apparently it is a reserved power for the UK government to enable professional training to safeguard such personnel from possible malpractice etc. - Holyrood does not have this authority.
A few years ago a couple of Catholic nurses refused to work in abortion cases due to personal religious convictions which brought such scenarios into focus.
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Sun 29 Mar 00:13
The Noelia Castillo case in Spain is horrendous.
Raped by multiple "men" as the BBC describe them, they were not Welsh choirboys. Left paraplegic from jumping out a window after the rape.
Years of psychological problems.
Reportedly had doubts near the end but her organs had already been sold for millions and she was killed by the state.
Given abortion started as ""Safe, legal, and rare" and now we have abortion up until birth I dread to think of the final destination of assisted dying, Canada is well on the way to it.
I`m fine with doctors using palliative drugs to make the end for people easier and think that is the route we should be taking, certainly not killing young people with psychological problems.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sun 29 Mar 10:04
How would you want the BBC to describe the rapists?
The organs selling for millions is just a load of nonsense.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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