The UK Is having an ASSISTED DYING debate. Two thirds support it. Where do you stand?

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-24 17:25:48 | Updated at 2024-11-24 19:47:03 2 hours ago
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The UK Is having an ASSISTED DYING debate. Two thirds support it. Where do you stand?
Sky News ^ | Nov 24 | Sky News

Posted on 11/24/2024 9:23:02 AM PST by RandFan

The last time MPs voted on the question of assisted dying - nearly three quarters were against it.

Nine years later - polling suggests two thirds of the country would back a change in the law.

That ratio is mirrored in the number of cabinet ministers who've so far publicly declared their position, with 10 for and five against (only nine have obeyed the instruction from Cabinet Secretary Simon Case not to get involved).

But the bill's cabinet opponents have made some of the most high-profile interventions in the debate.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood are the two individuals who would be most responsible for seeing the legislation translate into practical reality for the NHS and court system.

They've raised similar concerns about the safeguards in place around vulnerable patients feeling pressured or coerced into taking their own lives.

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When we've discussed this here Freepers have been dead against it and some suggesting in Canada it's being used liberally.

There will be a debate and a vote on this in parliament. It will be a FREE vote i.e gov't and Starmer won't make any demands. Starmer has supported it in the past.

1 posted on 11/24/2024 9:23:02 AM PST by RandFan

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